USDA introduces geospatial data product to show crop rotation patterns
Ogle says, the bias means the climate benefits of regenerative practices, though likely greater than zero, “may not be as large as we’re estimating.” He acknowledges that the team has fallen short in its reporting of uncertainties to farmers, policymakers, and other stakeholders. “We need to do better.”
“If it aligns with what I’m trying to already do and they want to pay me for it, more power to them,” (farmer) Unger says.
There is a lot of interest in the uncertainty estimates, and I think it’s a goal worth getting right in the next few years.
Iowa State researchers on insects and pest management but with a humorous delivery
Green Guides | Federal Trade Commission (ftc.gov)
Cases include such as the following:
Miami Beach-based retailer Truly Organic Inc. (Truly Organic) and its founder and CEO, Maxx Harley Appelman, will pay $1.76 million to settle a FTC complaint alleging that their nationally marketed bath and beauty products are neither “100% organic” nor “certified organic”
Play Deprivation Is A Major Cause of the Teen Mental Health Crisis
The central idea of my forthcoming book, The Anxious Generation, is that we have overprotected children in the real world, where they need a lot of free play and autonomy, while underprotecting them online, where they are not developmentally ready for much of what happens to them.
Book Review: The Laws of Trading
I’m generally interested in thoughts around how we make decisions (or should).
Is it legal to do science on your own?
Don't laugh—I've had professional scientists ask me this!
In short: yes. You don't need a license to do science. But you still have to obey the law. You can't pretend to be a doctor, steal people's data, secretly lace someone's lunch with chemicals and watch their reaction, etc. You shouldn’t do anything illegal or immoral in pursuit of scientific truth, just like you shouldn’t do it in pursuit of anything else.
If you call what I’m describing here “citizen science,” I will karate chop you.