Sarah Mafféïs for Noema Magazine Pesticides and herbicides made from fossil fuels that are freely available to unwitting consumers poison our land, our bodies and life all around. BY LAURA J. MARTIN – Laura J. Martin is an associate professor of environmental studies and faculty affiliate in history at Williams College. Her book “Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration” was published in 2022. When are you gonna get rid of those weeds, my father would ask every time he visited my Vermont lawn. Splotched with purple thyme, yellow dandelions and white clovers, the lawn attracted honeybees and, later in … Continue reading The War On Weeds