by Tasting the Future | Sep 27, 2022 | Agriculture, Agroecology, Pesticides
Exactly 60 years ago today, the environmental classic ‘Silent Spring’ was first published by Rachel Carson on September 27th, 1962. An author and American biologist, Carson was one of the first scientists to highlight the terrible damage we are doing to the planet...
by Tasting the Future | Mar 7, 2022 | Food systems, health, Pesticides
It was 60 years ago[1] that the environmental classic ‘Silent Spring’ was published by Rachel Carson, highlighting the terrible damage we are doing to the planet and giving birth to the modern-day environmental movement. Whilst DDT, the pesticide that was the focus of...