Posts Tagged ‘environment’
Article published in “NUTRITION ACTION: Health Newsletter” – Signed, Certified…& Organic -1992
November 1992, by Roger Blobaum Q: Is organic food completely free of pesticides? A: Not necessarily. It sometimes contains trace amounts of synthetic chemicals. Q: How can that happen? A: There are lots of ways. Pesticides can be carried to organic fields by irrigation water, rain, wind-blown dust, fog, and drift from spray that has…
Read MoreArticle published in “The Environmental Magazine” – Eating As If the Earth Mattered 1992
The Environmental Magazine | Eating As If the Earth Mattered Click for pdf file: January/February 1992 | Eating as if the Earth Mattered By Roger Blobaum and Lisa Lefferts January/February 1992 Environmentally savvy consumers steer clear of toxic cleaners, bleached coffee filters and plastic bags at the supermarket, and fret about the recyclability of containers.…
Read MoreStatement to the Hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power Committee on Energy and Commerce | 1983
Excerpt: “Energy is an essential input for agriculture, which uses more petroleum than any other single industry. It accounts for about three percent of annual energy consumption nationally, equivalent to about 353 million barrels of oil a year. The energy input into agricultural production has increased fivefold since 1940. Most of this increase is due…
Read MoreBook Chapter in “Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy” – Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency: The Small Farm Energy Project Experience | 1982
Excerpt from: Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy, Copyright • 1982 by the American Association for the Advancement of Science 3. Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency: The Small Farm Energy Project Experience Roger Blobaum The concept of energy self-sufficiency for American agriculture is receiving increasing attention. Steadily rising farm fuel and electricity costs, which totaled…
Read MorePresention At The Caribbean Renewable Energy Symposium, Kingston, Jamaica – Solar Applications in U.S. Agriculture | 1981
Presented by Roger Blobaum, At Caribbean Renewable Energy Symposium, Kingston, Jamaica, July 28-30, 1981 Although the agricultural production system consumes only about 3 percent of the energy used in the United States, the concept of energy self-sufficiency for agriculture has received a good deal of attention. Steadily rising energy prices and the possibility of supply…
Read MoreStatement for Joint Hearing to the House and Senate on Energy Conservation & Supply | 1979
Statement Prepared By Roger Blobaum, Principal Investor of the Small Farm Energy Project For Joint Hearing of the House Energy Development & Application Subcommittee and Senate Subcommittee on Energy Conservation & Supply Washington, D.C. April 30, 1979 Mr. Chairman, I am appearing today as the principal investigator of the Small Farm Energy Project, a national…
Read MoreStatement to House Agriculture Committee On Energy Saving Innovations Of Small Farmers | 1977
Statement of Roger Blobaum, Roger Blobaum & Associates to the Subcommittee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies, House Agriculture Committee, Washington, DC May 24, 1977 Mr. Chairman, I am appearing today as principal investigator of the Small Farm Energy Project, a national research and demonstration project sponsored by the Center for Rural Affairs…
Read MoreResearch Article in “The American Journal of Agricultural Economics” – Economic Performance and Energy Intensiveness on Organic and Conventional Farms | 1977
Economic Performance and Energy Intensiveness on Organic and Conventional Farms in the Corn Belt: A Preliminary Comparison Printed in American Journal of Agricultural Economics Vol. 59, No 1, February 1977 Robert Klepper, William Lockeretz, Barry Commoner, Michael Gertler, Sarah Fast, Daniel O’Leary, and Roger Blobaum Recent energy and environmental problems in U.S. agriculture have stimulated…
Read MoreCONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Senator Gaylord Nelson Introduces Legislation to Ban DDT | 1966
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — July 12, 1966 PROHIBITION OF SALE OR SHIPMENT FOR USE IN THE UNITED STATES OF DDT Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, I now introduce, for appropriate reference, a bill to ban the manufacture of DDT for any use in this country. DDT was first used in the 1940’s to control mosquitoes, flies, and…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Senator Nelson Urges the USDA to Stop Recommending DDT | 1966
SENATOR GAYLOED NELSON 404 SENATE OFFICE BUILLING WASHINGTON, D. C. For Release Sunday, June 19, 1966 by Roger Blobaum, staffer for Senator Gaylord Nelson WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Gaylord Nelson has urged the U. S. Department of Agriculture to stop recommending DDT for use by home gardeners, farmers, and others in combating insect pests. “In…
Read MoreDDT News Clippings | 1966
1966 DDT News Clippings from the collection of Roger Blobaum
Read MoreFARM BILL: Testimony On Long-Term Cropland Adjustment | 1965
STATEMENT OF SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON TO SENATE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE ON S. 1702, A BILL FOR A LONG-TERM CROPLAND ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM TO ASSIST PRODUCERS IN DIVERTING CROPLAND TO CONSERVATION USES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — June 30, 1965 Summary: Testimony statement of Senator Gaylord Nelson to Senate Agriculture committee on S. 1702, a bill…
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Gaylord Nelson’s Plan To Use Small “Wildlife Service Payments” | 1965
SENATOR GAYLORD NELSON 404 SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. C. PHONE: 225-5325 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Summary: WASHINGTON, D. C. — The farm bill sent to the White House today includes Senator Gaylord Nelson’s plan to use small “wildlife service payments” to open several million acres of idle farmland for hunting and other recreation.
Read MoreNebraska Experiment Station Leader Outlines Details of Midwest’s First Organic Farming Trials 1972-1975
By Roger Blobaum Setting up some alternative crop management plots at an agricultural field laboratory hardly qualifies as a major research event. But to Midwest organic farmers, accustomed to getting the cold shoulder from agricultural college researchers, it ranks as a significant breakthrough. A report on these new plots by Dr. Warren W. Sahs was…
Read MoreINSIDE ORGANIC: Farmers and Researchers Team Up: How This Helps Organic Farmers Shape the Research Being Done (Jan/Feb 2010)
by Roger Blobaum · Inside Organics · Jan/Feb 2010 Recent trends in organic research suggest Midwest organic farmers may want to consider some new questions: Who are the scientists doing organic research in your state? What kind of research is being done? Are these researchers reaching out to involve you in their work? And are…
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