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Book Review: Kernels of Resistance by Liza Grandia

March 1, 2025 by John Yunker

Nearly 30 years ago, the first genetically modified (GM) seed produced a tomato known as the Flavr Savr. The tomato was engineered for longer shelf life which was where it spent most of its time. Consumers didn’t like the way it tasted and it soon went the way of history. But that didn’t stop Monsanto …

The One-Straw Revolution: On saving the planet, one garden at a time

September 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by John Yunker

I thought I knew a thing or two about gardening. But since undertaking a rather intensive gardener training program I now know just how little I actually knew about gardening. I’m not alone. It turns out that so much of what we’ve been told about gardening and farming over the past few decades — from …