Whole-Farm Approaches to a Safety Net

Meeting the requirements of importing countries: practice and policy for on-farm approaches to food safety.

In light of the increasing consumer demand for safe, high-quality food and recent public health concerns about food-borne illness, governments and agricultural industries are under pressure to provide comprehensive food safety policies and programmes consistent with international best practice. Countries that export food commodities derived from livestock must meet both the requirements of the ...

Whole Farm Case Studies: A How-To Guide

//e xte ns ion .or eg on observations are unique to a specific site or situation, and information learned is not transferable to others. Scientists rely on research-based information derived from replicated experiments that are, for the most part, reductive in nature. Farmers, on the other hand, often question the relevance of small, controlled, and replicated plot research conducted on researc...

Whole Farm Net Greenhouse Gas Abatement from Establishing Kikuyu-Based Perennial Pastures in South-Western Australia

On-farm activities that reduce GHG emissions or sequester carbon from the atmosphere to compensate for anthropogenic emissions are currently being evaluated by the Australian Government as carbon offset opportunities. The aim of this study was to examine the implications of establishing and grazing Kikuyu pastures, integrated as part of a mixed Merino sheep and cropping system, as a carbon offs...

A safety net for diabetics.

www.sciencemag.org SCIENCE VOL 343 7 MARCH 2014 COVER Precession image reconstructed from x-ray diffraction data collected from a benzene single crystal. For the past 100 years, x-ray crystallography has been a key tool for determining the structures of ever more complex chemical and biochemical systems. See the special section beginning on page 1091 and at www.sciencemag.org/special/crystallog...

Building a better safety net