Richardson International, a major Canadian grain processor will no longer accept glyphosate-desiccated oat crops starting next year. Another Canadian processor, Grain Millers, stopped accepting glyphosate treated crops in 2015. Glyphosate…

Cases of renal cell carcinoma, a form of kidney cancer, have been steadily increasing in the United states for several decades. According to a study recently published in Environmental Health…

As of April, pharmaceutical company Bayer has been sued by 52,500 U.S. plaintiffs who blame glyphosate-based weedkillers like Roundup for their cancer. Bayer will be paying around $9.6 billion to…

Early this month, Thailand passed a ban on two pesticides, paraquat and chlorpyrifos. This triggered another regulation banning foodstuffs with trace amounts of either chemical. The United States and Brazil…

Unilever has taken a lead on sustainable sourcing with a set of ambitious goals including a deforestation free supply chain, zero net emissions and introducing a regenerative agriculture code for…

National Pollinator Week is a time to celebrate pollinators – bees, birds, butterflies, bats and beetles – and the valuable ecosystem services they provide.  While this year will not be…

Registration for the 2020 AppleTalk season is now open!  AppleTalk is a weekly conference call for sustainable and organic apple growers that discusses current challenges in insect, disease, weed, and…

On March 20th, the Maryland General Assembly decided on a partial ban on chlorpyrifos, mostly phasing it out in the state by the end of 2020, and entirely ending its…

Seed treatments are widely used in corn, soybean and cotton, and to a lesser extent in wheat. However, there are a lack of accurate, publically available data on seed treatment…