Last week, Gustavus Adolphus student Shauna Capron published a column in Minnpost presenting the risks of neonicotinoid pesticide use, as well as farmer perspectives, and potential IPM alternatives. “When using…
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A meeting hosted by the US Farmers and Ranchers Alliance in June 2019 brought together farmers, former and current secretaries of agriculture and a suite of about 100 leaders in…
New York has become the latest US state to heavily regulate the neurotoxic insecticide chlorpyrifos after governor Andrew Cuomo announced a total ban on aerial spraying, and plans to phase…
The European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed voted last Friday to ban the use of the insecticide chlorpyrifos. The ban is expected to be finalized in…
11/22/19: A University College London-led study, carried out in Brazil and published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that wasps are an effective biological control that can manage…
11/15/19: A new report, released by the Endangered Species Coalition in partnership with seven member groups, details the ten species most impacted by pesticide pollutants. You can read it here.
10/30/19: Late this August, Whole Foods Magazine published an article detailing 25 key points on regenerative agriculture. Regenerative agriculture is a set of farming practices focused on building organic matter back…
10/30/19: Environmental regulators in Oregon have found that pesticide levels in certain waterways have decreased due to the voluntary changes in spray regimen adopted by local growers. The waterways tested…
10/29/2019: Field to Market brings food and agriculture companies working on responsible sourcing and sustainable agriculture initiatives together pre-competitively with each other, grower organizations, academia, conservation groups and public-sector partners…
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…