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04/16/2024

A new article about possible solutions to save the global banana industry threatened by a new strain of Fusarium

Bananas are one of the world’s most widely available fresh fruits but their future is threatened by a deadly plant disease. Fortunately there are potential solutions

11/24/2022

As we celebrate this great American holiday and enjoy its traditional feast it’s a good time to be thankful for the farmers, ranchers and farm workers on whom we all depend to produce our food

12/01/2017

This is a podcast in which I tell the story of how I stumbled into agriculture 40 years ago - an unlikely scenario for a suburban Denver kid

In the POPagriculture season one finale, hear how Steve became involved with plant biology and agriculture. Spoiler: it’s not your typical agriculture tale!

09/30/2016

A new post about "Why Wheat is Like Wine" in the sense that each use have optimal varieties and growing places
https://betterfoodstories.net/2016/09/26/why-wheat-is-like-wine/

Wheat is not just wheat, it really represents many distinct crops for different uses

03/01/2016

New Post about how the latest USDA pesticide residue data demonstrates the safety of our food supply

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensavage/2016/03/01/ten-thousand-new-reasons-not-to-worry-about-pesticide-residues/

Detailed analysis available here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/301529907/An-Independent-Analysis-of-the-2014-USDA-Pesticide-Detection-Program-Data

Each year, the farmers around the world who produce our food (fruits, vegetables, grains) get the equivalent of a “grade” on a giant “group project.” For 2014 they got another A+ as they have for many years. The “test” entails thousands of food samples, which the USDA collects from normal US [.…

01/16/2014

The "Dirty Dozen" list published by the Environmental Working Group is a terrible abuse of public data. Here is an independent analysis of the USDA's actual information of pesticide residues on food:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/142002990/An-Independent-Analysis-of-the-2011-USDA-Pesticide-Residue-Data

A blog post summarizing this: "How Wrong Is The Latest Dirty Dozen List?"

http://appliedmythology.blogspot.com/2013/05/how-wrong-is-latest-dirty-dozen-list.html

01/16/2014

I posted a set of graphs based on the most recent USDA-ERS data about the per capita supply of fruits and vegetables in the US. Some trends are surprising, but overall not increasing the way one would hope

Slides at http://www.scribd.com/doc/76903851/Interesting-Produce-Trends

Blog post summary at http://appliedmythology.blogspot.com/2012/01/whats-happening-with-us-fruit-and.html

01/16/2014

I gave a talk titled "Humans vs Pests - The Long View" for the Specialty Coffee Association of America Symposium in Feb 2013. Here is the video

http://www.scaasymposium.org/steve-savage-human-vs-pests-the-long-view/

The Realm of Possibilities.

01/16/2014

What if much of what you read about farming and food is wrong?

http://appliedmythology.blogspot.com/2014/01/an-example-of-how-much-pesticides-have.html

What if much that you think you know about agriculture, farming and food isn't actually true? What if there are "myths" that have been intentionally and mostly unintentionally spread about these issues? What if the truth about these issues matters for the future of humanity? That is what this blog i...