by kbonen@esiagconsulting.com | Mar 3, 2020 | Bayer lawsuit, glyphosate, Uncategorized, US Environmental Protection Agency, warning labels
Responsibilities in wise chemical use I was minding my own business, chilling in my living room with the television on. I frankly don’t pay much attention to the “boob tube”—I’d rather be doing something like reading, sketching, walking, putting together a puzzle,...
by kbonen@esiagconsulting.com | Feb 7, 2020 | care for the earth, healthy fields, soil health
An exploration into soil health The result of being a two-time graduate of the agronomy program of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, spending many hours as an undergraduate at the soil fertility research program working with Dr. Dan Walters, and slaving away at my...
by kbonen@esiagconsulting.com | Dec 30, 2019 | Fruit, Natural, Plant Fertilization, Seedless, Transgender Corn
Tricky advertising and common instincts in plants I was walking down the produce aisle in my grocery store last week, grabbing the items from my shopping list derived from my planned menu for the upcoming few days. I had sent my husband on a mission for yellow onions,...
by kbonen@esiagconsulting.com | Nov 8, 2019 | parent material, Soil, soil formation, soil horizons, soil profile, weathering
Do you really understand what is under your feet… and what it took to get it there? When I was young, I didn’t ponder on the purpose of that dark stuff under the grass. It was something that got stuck under my fingernails and was fun to dig up and find bugs in. It...
by kbonen@esiagconsulting.com | Oct 8, 2019 | biosolids, cage-free, free range, gluten, GMO, natural food, Organic Food, pasture-raised, USDA certified organic
What do all those words mean on your food packages? Okay, show of hands now. When you go grocery shopping, how many of you look for “organic” or “natural” food? Do you think “cage free” and “free range” eggs are the same thing? Do you think brown eggs are better...
