11-16 IAN Fighting Hunger

 The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology awarded Catherine Bertini, a professor at Syracuse University. Professor Bertini plays a pivotal role in communicating the importance of innovation and science in agriculture, with a focus on the discussion of developing countries where women comprise the majority of the agricultural workforce. The CropLife Foundation also recognized Professor Bertini’s achievement at CropLife America’s 2011 Annual Meeting.

The reason I’m bringing this all up is that crop life is very involved in promoting modern agricultural techniques and technologies that include using pesticides. That is a dicey issue amongst a lot of environmental groups. I called CropLife spokesperson Mary Emma  Young:  “One of the major things that CropLife America has been involved in the last few years is communicating a little bit more the benefits of the end results of these crop inputs. They are being used for a purpose and in the end it isn’t just benefiting the farmer they are also benefiting the consumer and they are not just being liberally applied for the heck of it. These products are being used so they can get the best yields possible.