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Drivers of increasing global crop production: A decomposition analysis

April 14, 2022 by Isaac Orr

Norman Borlaug is the most important graduate of the University of Minnesota that you’ve probably never heard of. I wrote this piece for Earth Day last year in honor of…

April 14, 2022 by Isaac Orr

Energy & Environment

RNA breakthrough creates crops that can grow 50 percent more potatoes, rice

August 6, 2021 by Isaac Orr

New research led by the University of Chicago shows huge promise to defeating global hunger by using genetic modification of crops to increase food production by 50 percent and make…

August 6, 2021 by Isaac Orr

Energy & Environment

Capitalism is Saving the Planet Part 5: American Farmers Are Saving the Trees Through Innovation

August 1, 2019 by Isaac Orr

On Tuesday, I wrote about how a recent study has found that there are more trees and vegetation today than there was 30 years ago, despite the fact that there…

August 1, 2019 by Isaac Orr