NOAA tries to make sense of changing climate

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I’m traveling this week to the island of Unalaska, home of the famous ‘Dutch Harbor,’ featured in the Discovery Channel’s hit show Deadliest Catch. Its a preliminary research trip, and I had the opportunity to interview with the local public radio station.

A story can be found here.

And when the audio is up for the interview, I’ll share that as well.

It is a criticism that just won’t seem to go away. Doggedly persistent acolytes of “conventional” agriculture continue (and with good standing) to remind us that there is little to no scientific research to support many of the touted benefits of vegetables produced with organic, or so-called “natural systems” methods. You’ve heard the claims—fresher is more nutritious, heirloom varieties are more nutritious, unpasteurized milk is more nutritious. That these claims are largely unsubstantiated is unfortunate, yet undeniable, and the result is just more uncertainty about what we should eat. (more…)