10/16/19: As part of the PBS “Future of Food” series, Mark Bittman visited Iowa to interview growers and discuss sustainable agriculture in an episode released this week. “This highly mechanized…
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10/09/19: In a new article published in the international journal Biological Control, three authors affiliated with Cornell University and the IPM Institute of North America call for increasing investment in…
9/30/19: The Great Lakes Hop Working Group was founded in 2016 to connect and expand the network of hop educators and researchers working in the Midwestern and Eastern U.S, and…
9/19/19: A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the likelihood of honey bee colonies overwintered in cold storage remaining large enough to rent to almond growers…
9/17/19: The benefits of transitioning our food system into a sustainable one (encompassing production, distribution, consumption and waste) would far outweigh the costs, according to a major study. Read more on…
9/11/2019: Illinois saw a record number of pesticide misuse complaints in 2019, and 76% (648 out of 853) were related to suspected damage from dicamba. This is after the Illinois…
8/20/19: A federal research program that provides safe and effective pest management solutions to specialty crop producers will be moving from Rutger’s Agricultural Research Station in New Jersey to North…
8/16/19: SARE (Sustainable Agriculture, Research, and Education) has released a set of 10 free, downloadable fact sheets on cover cropping, addressing topics like cover crops in nutrient management, erosion, infiltration,…
7/30/19: Known as the “sea of plastic,” Spain’s Almeria province is covered by 30,000 hectares of greenhouses, and exported 2.5 million tons of produce last year alone. It has also…
7/24/19: Environmental groups and beekeepers say sulfoxaflor is one of the chemical compounds responsible for decimating North American bee populations. On July 12th, the EPA lifted several past restrictions on…