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…
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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…
The first pilot of the Sustainable Food Group Sustainability Standard has been completed with Malena Produce, a fresh tomato supplier, and IGP, one of their growers. The Sustainability Standard is…
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…
We are proud to have partnered with long-term client Honeybear Brands to set, track, integrate and report on goals in four key sustainability areas: climate, food loss, packaging, and pollinators….
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…
Lack of Data on Seed Treatment Usage Limits Ability to Understand Economic and Environmental Impacts
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…
The Potato Sustainability Alliance (PSA) is a unique platform for farmers, supply chain partners, industry organizations, non-governmental organizations, universities and advisers to work together to define, measure and advance potato…