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Article Out Loud – The Societal and Economic Dangers of Agroterrorism

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This is an article by Michael (Mike) Nicholls, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, March 12, 2025.

While Ireland’s potato blight was destructive to the Irish population, modern agroterror attacks could be designed to hurt a nation’s economy rather than to kill its people. However, positively identifying agroterrorists would be a formidable task.

Learn how intelligence agencies can protect against such an attack with coordinated, sustained efforts.

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Michael (Mike) Nicholls

Michael (Mike) Nicholls is a retired Army explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) officer. He has a B.S. in sociology and is currently completing his M.A. in emergency and disaster management with a graduate certificate in emergency management executive leadership from American Military University. He is also completing a graduate certificate in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear defense from Wright State University. He was previously assigned to multiple EOD positions throughout the U.S. Army. His email address is mikenichollsaaa@hotmail.com.

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Founded in 1998, Domestic Preparedness continues to be a pioneering thought leader in the emergency preparedness, response, and recovery space. The multidisciplinary editorial focus helps professionals acquire critical information to develop collaborative, real-world solutions. With relevant, multidisciplinary, whole-community intelligence from the front lines, practitioners can learn from diverse perspectives. The authoritative, practitioner-centered, multimedia information platform disseminates intelligence the way busy management-level public- and private-sector professionals want to learn. This is the trusted source for content written by practitioners, for practitioners, with relevant, real-world best practices.

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