The Emerald Review
As the official fruit of Massachusetts, cranberries have been essential to the state’s culture and economy for thousands of years. Cranberries are the most significant agricultural crop produced in Massachusetts, with the industry generating 7,000 jobs and $70 million annually. While demand for the fruit has been steadily increasing as cranberry juice and dried cranberries […]
As President Dwight D. Eisenhower left office in 1961, he delivered a farewell speech. He warned, “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.” Ironically, during his presidency […]
Rachel Carson published the bestselling book Silent Spring in 1962, which alerted the world to the dangers of excessive pesticide use. She called special attention to dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane (DDT) as one of the most environmentally devastating varieties. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), DDT was highly effective at preventing insect-borne diseases like malaria and typhus […]