by Mark Poznansky | Apr 9, 2021 | Environment, Food, Health
The Nature of Food Must Change And why is that? Simply put, agriculture is one of our core activities that is destroying our environment. It is one of the major contributors to global warming and climate change. And what’s the evidence for that you might ask?...
by Mark Poznansky | Feb 9, 2021 | Environment, Food, Health
Lessons From Microbes: From Enemies To Allies Not that long ago microbes were considered our mortal enemies. We have known for many years that microbes are everywhere and represent a huge percentage of the earth’s biomass. And we have known that a tiny percentage of...
by Mark Poznansky | Feb 1, 2021 | Environment, Health, Politics/Policy
Our Fossil Fuel Addiction Addiction is defined as a disease in which a person or persons find themselves unable to stop using a substance or engaging in a particular behaviour. Our relationship to fossil fuels is a perfect example of this. However, this is no simple...
by Mark Poznansky | Jan 18, 2021 | Environment, Health, Politics/Policy
Nine Commandments To Save Humanity (From Climate Change) Now that we are close to putting two terrible viruses that have been attacking mankind behind us (Donald Trump and COVID-19), we can get back to the business of correcting the most serious existential threat...
by Mark Poznansky | Jan 12, 2021 | Environment, Food, Health
The Future Of Food In the broad light of day, we have to face some pretty fundamental and global questions about the security of the world’s food supply. They may not seem so obvious to most of us who currently live in the presence of plenty. Make no mistake and be...
by Mark Poznansky | Jan 5, 2021 | Health, Politics/Policy
The New Medicines of Synthetic Biology The old expression “speed kills” is not always true. As we live through the COVID-19 pandemic and the current vaccination schedules, it becomes equally true that “speed heals.” The noted author and columnist Thomas Friedman said...