MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'farming'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:09:08 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789314&cid=t_105850_107_f&fid=36672&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencebase.com%2Fscience-blog%2Fthe-real-life-farmville.html – In an effort to educate the public about farming and the source of our food, the UK National Trust is asking the public to help run a real-life working farm via the web. In return for a £30 annual subscription, 10,000 people will take control of the farm on the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire (a favourite family haunt of ours over the last 15 years). Ironically, media attention focused on the MyFarm project at Wimpole Hall Home Farm on the same day that reports suggest many kids prefer to play outside and ride their bicycles than play computer games! Selected from the latest science stories to hit DB’s virtual desktop @sciencebase. Related Posts:Scientists and social mediaHorseradish Down on the Farm – How SaucyRecognisable scientists versus artistsPorn Star Nam... Sciencebase Science Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789314 Wed, 04 May 2011 09:15:04 +0100 4789314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693441&cid=t_105850_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FtpbqjcNwLEo%2F As a Top Chef devotee, I was happy to catch most of last night’s All-Stars Reunion show. (Although, I had forgotten that it was on, so maybe devotee is too strong a word.) But I certainly didn’t think that anything airing on this kind of perfunctory, let’s-show-funny-behind-the-scenes-clips-of-all-the-chefs-and-hilarious-outtakes-of-the-judges’-bloopers would remotely relate to Blisstree. But I was wrong. The hour-long episode brought up a controversial issue that relates to food products, overall health, and the environment, which are topics we like to think we know something about here at Blisstree. You don’t need to know the Top Chef All-Stars backstory (or even have watched any of the season) to understand or appreciate the scenario, which is this: Elia Ab... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693441 Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:15:08 +0100 4693441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445778&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FFRjDzJyzXlE%2F By Walter OlsonThis weekend the Washington Post and New York Times took a closer look at a development mentioned in this space a while back and in a related Cato audio, namely growing federal pressure on small producers of artisan and farmstead cheeses. Here's the Post: ....artisanal cheesemakers, and their boosters in the local-food movement, say they are being unfairly targeted. They say the FDA does not understand their craft and is trying to impose standards better suited for industrial food companies. ... Listeria is ubiquitous in the environment, but the FDA has a zero-tolerance rule for it in ready-to-eat food such as cheese. If the bacteria are present, the food is considered adulterated and cannot be sold. Some countries, including cheese-loving France, tolerate minute amounts of ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445778 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:36:36 +0100 4445778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360980&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffarm-woo-and-our-food%2F2011.01.18 Google is an amazing thing — it occasionally tosses you a link that lands you in an alternate universe of folks you’d never encounter in real life. Like cattle ranchers. I’ve just spent the good part of an hour wandering their world — reading about their concerns (water, wolves, the economy), seeing how cattle breeding has changed (you pick a sire at Bullsemen.com, then do genomic profiling on your stock — did you know that cows bred for docility have more tender meat ?), and learning that ranchers are not immune to marketing from the world of scientific woo. Check this out — it’s called SOP Life Vibration or “Serio Bio-Hygienization.” They’re selling it to farmers and ranchers in Europe and the U.S. as the latest and greatest answer to bacterial growth... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360980 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:00:17 +0100 4360980 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4302898&cid=t_105850_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fcreating-something-out-of-nothing.html Society takes great pride in depicting business barons as being role models of success. They are revered as "wealth creators" and admired in a capitalistic society.However, in reality, many of these businessmen are just traders . They do not actually create anything - they just accumulate money. While it's great to be rich, all they have done is merely transfer assets from others into their pocket, without creating anything new.The real creators are the creative artists, who actually produce something out of nothing. However, while it's true that a work of music is a piece of art, this is a luxury which only affluential societies can afford to indulge in !The true creators are the farmers ! Unfortunately, most of us have never been to a farm, so it's hard to remember what a miracle growing... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4302898 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 03:33:00 +0100 4302898 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265689&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwOubvfvQOi8%2F By George ScovilleThat’s the title of an upcoming FOX News Channel feature program with John Stossel, in which Cato Executive Vice President David Boaz and Director of Health Policy Studies Michael F. Cannon weigh in on some of the hidden, unforeseen, and unintended consequences of the attempts to deliver on promises our politicians make. Politicians promised that: Cash for Clunkers would save the auto industry. Increasing the minimum wage would be good for the working poor. Title IX would end gender-based discrimination in college sports. Mega-construction projects like stadiums, arenas, and conference centers would create jobs. Changing the tax code would save small farmers and the environment. Credit card reform would save us from banking fees. Reforming the health care system wo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265689 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:34:24 +0100 4265689 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219830&cid=t_105850_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fwhy-my-father-is-my-hero-and-role-model.html My father is an ENT surgeon who has now retired. What's remarkable about him is how active he still remains. He is a proponent of organic farming; and this video demonstrates the remarkable work Mr Deepak Suchde is doing at his organic farm ! (Source: The Patient's Doctor) The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219830 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 17:43:00 +0100 4219830 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4178930&cid=t_105850_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2FkfiLCB5KGGg%2F I’ve been hearing about the vertical farm concept from Dickson Despommier for years – as a faculty colleague of his here at Columbia University Medical Center, and more recently as co-host of TWiV and TWiP. I could not help but be enthusiastic as the idea grew from a seed, to seeing Dickson jetting around the globe trying to build the first prototype. Now that the eponymous book is out, does it stand up to the hype? The Vertical Farm begins with a brief history of agriculture: how humans learned how to grow their food, slowly developing the technology to eke more and more from the earth. We learn about how machinery, petroleum, and fertilizer have impacted farming. But more importantly, Dr. Despommier reveals how farming, while growing more efficient, has slowly destroyed earth... virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4178930 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:44:07 +0100 4178930 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4162926&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-much-pesticide-is-in-that-cigarette%2F2010.11.12 I had a fascinating discussion with an ex-tobacco farming expert. He’s an expert because he used to grow tobacco, but not anymore. If you’re a smoker, or user of any tobacco leaf product, what he said should shock you. I take that back — you’re a smoker: “shocked” is never going to happen to you. What did he say that was so striking? I’m not a farmer, so it became a little difficult to understand all the science behind the conversation. Needless to say, he said they used to farm vegetables and tobacco side by side. He said something about potato farming being timed with tobacco crops, and when the potato market went south he got out of the tobacco farming business for good and went with just vegetables. Now he’s a full-time vegetable fa... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4162926 Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:00:00 +0100 4162926 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3993868&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr64jPEjWV48%2F By Walter OlsonThat’s not just my view; that’s the view of writer Barry Estabrook, an ardent critic of the food industry (“Politics of the Plate“), writing at The Atlantic. You needn’t go along completely with Estabrook’s dim view of industrialized agriculture to realize he’s right in one of his central contentions: “the proposed rules would disproportionately impose costs upon” small producers, including traditional, low-tech and organic farmers and foodmakers selling to neighbors and local markets. Even those with flawless safety records or selling low-risk types of foodstuff could be capsized by new paperwork and regulatory burdens that larger operations will be able to absorb as a cost of doing business. (Earlier here and here.) Thi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3993868 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:37:46 +0100 3993868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3902885&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fp-bZl0anbF8%2F The New York Times invited me to contribute to its “Room for Debate” feature on the big egg recall and here is an excerpt from my reply: …Advocates cite the current outbreak, at last report limited to two related Iowa egg farms, as reason to enact pending legislation that would intensify federal regulation of food-making in the name of safety. Large food and agribusiness companies have generally signed off on most of the new proposals as acceptable. Many smaller producers, on the other hand, suspect there will be less room for them, and for local variety generally, in this reassuring new world of business and government cooperation. I go on to cite the CPSIA debacle, in which a safety enactment devastated small producers of children’s goods while entrenching some ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3902885 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:45:30 +0100 3902885 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3858125&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fcow-whisperer-tries-to-take-cruelty-out-of-cattle-raising%2F photo via The Huffington Post Curt Pate, a cowboy who was consulted during the filming of The Horse Whisperer, has been traveling the country for the last five years teaching ranchers traditional livestock handling methods that were used 100 years ago. He’s trying to eliminate violence towards cattle by instilling low-stress ways of dealing with cows. Pate is sponsored by The Beef Checkoff Program, among other beef industry partners, who are hoping to improve the image of the beef industry after a widely-circulated video of a rancher beating cows and prodding them with pitchforks surfaced on the internet. Pate says that if you think like a cow, the cattle will understand you. And then you won’t need to prod them with pitchforks. Some people would argue that farming cattle in ge... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3858125 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:44:30 +0100 3858125 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3671652&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fsummer-reading-top-10-books-on-our-list%2F Summer’s almost officially here, which means we’re supposed to force ourselves to read actual books (not iPads or iPods) at the beach, by the pool, or lounging in bed on a lazy Sunday morning. So here, in no particular order, are 10 of our favorite new (or relatively new) books to pick up and never put down this summer. There’s something for everyone here: Food, gardening, sustainable agriculture, home renovation, shopping addiction, gentlemen farmers, short story collections, and a prison memoir. Oh, and Raquel Welch. Happy summer. 1. Orange Is the New Black, a prison memoir by Piper Kerman 2. Lunch In Paris: A Love Story, With Recipes, by Elizabeth Bard 3. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis, by Lydia Davis 4. The House at Royal Oak: Starting Over & Rebuilding ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3671652 Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:49:53 +0100 3671652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662637&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fnew-roots-for-refugees-%25e2%2580%2593-farming-empowers-women%2F photo via Grist Asian and African female refugees arriving in the U.S. usually have pretty limited options in the working world, as culture shock and language barriers make adjusting to their new home incredibly difficult. But there’s one skill common among refugee women that doesn’t get lost in translation: Farming. That’s why the Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas City started the New Roots for Refugees Farm, in a partnership with Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture. New Roots For Refugees provides refugee women the opportunity to farm on a quarter-acre plot and sell their wares at farmers’ markets around Kansas City. The women gradually take on more business responsibility, including buying raw materials, taking marketing and English classes during the w... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662637 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:30:36 +0100 3662637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3542574&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_NQl80PG9_U%2F By Walter OlsonA graphic representation (from the Bloomington, Ill. Pantagraph and via the American Family Business Institute’s Twitter account). (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3542574 Fri, 07 May 2010 14:57:32 +0100 3542574 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3529744&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F177008%2F Superweeds: One More Reason to Go Organic – The New York Times reports on herbicide-resistant weeds that are drastically changing farming techniques. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3529744 Tue, 04 May 2010 13:47:24 +0100 3529744 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3302384&cid=t_105850_109_f&fid=34786&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrmichelletempest.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fagenda-for-farming.html This week I'm spending time with farmers around Lanchester, and I'm delighted this coincides with the party's launch of "agenda for farming", covering a whole range of policies relating to agriculture.There are five key summary points:•Enabling increased production whilst protecting the environment;•Promoting fair competition;•Reducing the burden of regulation;•Further reforming the Common Agricultural Policy;•Taking action on animal disease.Then there are two new policies:•Introducing rules into the new national planning framework to prevent, in all but exceptional circumstances, the development of the most fertile farmland; and•Fundamentally reforming the Rural Payments Agency by appointing the Farming Minister as chairman of its Management Board as a way of improving accou... The Psychiatrist Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3302384 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:47:00 +0100 3302384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405111&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F05%2Ffetal-farming-research-ongoing-in.html I have oft asserted that the embryonic stem cell debate is not the far end of the instrumental use of unborn humans, but the launching pad. Once the principle is established that early embryos can be used as a natural resource, it won't be long until gestated nascent human life is also targeted.I believe that most bioethicists and biotechnologists know this, but aren't candid about the prospect because of the political harm that would inflict on the brave new world project. For example, in 2002 the Stanford bioethicist Henry T. Greely, who served on a California bioethics board was challenged when he appeared at a neuroethics conference about the commission's recommended 14-day maximum limit for doing research on cloned embryos--which is now California law. As reported in my book Consumer'... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405111 Tue, 12 May 2009 16:14:00 +0100 2405111 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2364982&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F04%2Fimmoral-research-that-would-be-required.html In my last SHS post, I deconstructed the "ethical" objections of "the scientists" to reproductive cloning as really being about safety, not the inherent wrongness of human cloning itself. (Reproductive cloning is actually a misnomer. The act of cloning is somatic cell nuclear transfer, which asexually creates an embryo. So what we are really talking about is the use to which the human life created through cloning would be put). Animal cloning leads to many miscarriages and birth defects, and thus there is near universal agreement that reproductive cloning should not be tried--for now.But if those problems could be overcome, I see no reason for believing that "the scientists" would still say no. In fact, is suspect they'd be tripping over each other to do it.What would it take to make repro... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2364982 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:23:00 +0100 2364982 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284446&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Fshs-as-source-for-anti-human.html I wasn't going to run with this because bioethicist Jacob M. Appel seems to be following the same business model to career success as Julian Savulescu and others: stake out the most wild and radical positions conceivable and you are sure to get attention--and perhaps big speaking fees--as Peter "Professor Infanticide" Singer's $20,000 per pop illustrates. (As I have previously noted here, Appel has supported assisted suicide for the mentally ill, genetic engineering of progeny, and the acceptability of bestiality.)But this fetal farming boost appeared in the Huffington Post, perhaps the most influential blog on the Left, with millions of readers. And it is pernicious in the extreme. From Appel's column:Opponents of reproductive choice will object to such a market on the grounds that it wil... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284446 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:33:00 +0100 2284446 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2256066&cid=t_105850_87_f&fid=34825&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wesleyjsmith.com%2Fblog%2F2009%2F03%2Ffetal-farming-here-we-come-use-aborted.html Tell me we aren't on the path to using human beings as mere produce: A UK bioethicist has called for using fetal organs from abortions in transplantation. From the story:Kidneys and livers from aborted foetuses could be given to the desperately ill and ease the organ donor shortage, a leading scientist has claimed. Professor Sir Richard Gardner, an Oxford University stem cell expert, said foetal tissues may offer a more realistic solution to the lack of organs than other technologies being developed.Realize this would require later term abortions. But that's okay, according to another "expert:"But Professor Stuart Campbell, who has argued for the abortion time limit to be lowered, had no ethical objections to the proposal. He said many babies were aborted quite 'and if they are going to be... Secondhand Smoke blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2256066 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:07:00 +0100 2256066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1499921&cid=t_105850_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Frespite-dolphins-mummies-and-tractors.html Buddy Boy's "Memory Extractor"I haven't been posting a whole lot lately, especially about personal stuff. Things got really hard for awhile, and it became a combination of not being able/wanting to lay out my personal problems to the whole world (I am basically the silent, keep it in, work it out yourself kind of guy) as well as using all of my spare energy to do my best to keep our family from disintegrating. School's been out for two whole weeks here. And we're finally getting back to some semblance of normalcy.The school year started out really well for Buddy Boy. The majority of his time was spent included in a regular classroom. Buddy Boy had the best darn teacher in the whole school for his regular class, Mrs. J. His special ed class teacher (Miss E.) worked well with Mrs. J., and pu... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1499921 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:24:00 +0100 1499921 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1475377&cid=t_105850_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F299495716%2Fblogging_brains_and_business_m.html  Bloggers find surprising new inroads into dividends that open first and faster to an online community. The human brain benefits from the sheer art of writing into topics from a human perspective. Business takes off when bloggers deep dive into new ideas … with innovation in mind.What do these three claims have in common? A reciprocal synergy takes place when bloggers share business expertise in ways that add brainpower for solutions.Today – for instance - I discovered:1. Why blogging is good for you.2. How bloggers ratchet up more talents.3. Visionary blogging that gains more traffic.4. An $80,00 farming opportunity in Kansas5. Transparency tricks successful leaders use.6. Bids for media experts to fund cancer research.7. How to throw a zesty online BBQ fest8. ... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1475377 Wed, 28 May 2008 02:54:02 +0100 1475377 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1418614&cid=t_105850_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F282664479%2F Women that are exposure to chemical weed killers - pesticides and herbicides - may have a higher-than-normal risk of developing a particular form of brain cancer called meningioma as compared to women who weren’t exposed. Meningiomas are slow-growing tumors that arise in the tissue covering the brain and spinal cord. They are one of the most common forms of brain tumor, and occur most frequently in middle-aged women. Such were what a U.S. study result suggests as published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. Researchers found that among more than 1,400 U.S. adults with and without brain cancer, there was no overall link between the disease and on-the-job exposure to pesticides or herbicides — chemicals used to kill plants, usually weeds. However, a closer look at the data ... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1418614 Sat, 03 May 2008 10:03:31 +0100 1418614 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1167204&cid=t_105850_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fbirthday-celebration.html Buddy Boy turned 8 this past week. It seems like only yesterday I was holding him moments after he was born.Next weekend we are having a "kids" birthday party on Sunday, to which we've invited all of his classmates. We haven't had a kids party in a few years, so I don't know if it will come off OK or not. So far, out of a possible 20 kids, we've received 4 'No's', 2 'Yes's', and one verbal yes (from a classmate) without a formal RSVP. I'm praying for a few more 'Yes' responses. Doesn't anyone know what RSVP means anymore????But that's this coming weekend, and we'll deal with that then.This past weekend we had our family celebration, which went well. In case you don't remember, Buddy Boy has a thing for farm machines (especially combines), and has narrowed that of late to all things 'John D... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1167204 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:39:00 +0100 1167204