…science experiments for teachers to take back to the classroom. The workshop serves as an extension to Bayer’s in-school Making Science Make Sense program. Teachers were shown examples of experiments…
Chlorpyrifos Ban Introduced in U.S. Senate
…American Academy of Pediatrics says chlorpyrifos use “puts all children at risk,” adding that “we need to listen to the experts” and ban the pesticide.” The Obama-era Environmental Protection Agency…
Young Californian Wins Bee Care Award
…age to receive the Bayer Bee Care Community Leadership Award. (PRNewsfoto/Bayer) The award also comes with a $1,000 prize to support his school and other local programs that promote honey…
Court Denies Petition to Ban Pesticide
A U.S. Appeals Court in San Francisco denied a petition from environmental groups to force the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. Reuters says that decision ends one…
Protecting Pollinators Through New Certification Program
…as the first line of defense, limiting or eliminating the use of high-risk pesticides, and targeting pesticide use. Oregon Tilth assess farms based on standards developed by the Xerces Society….
States Sue EPA to Prevent Insecticide Use
A coalition of states has filed a legal challenge to a Trump administration decision to keep a widely used pesticide on the market in spite of studies that show it…
Agri View: School Lunch Problem
Everett Griner talks about the changing of the guard brought changes to the school lunch program in today’s Agri View. School Lunch Problem Agriculture officials were not happy with former…
Western View: COOL Lawsuit Ahead
…short – shouldn’t be controversial. We all know that the United States tightly regulates pesticide use, and other countries do not. This makes our food safer but of course it…
Research on Pests and Beneficial Species Funding from USDA
…Pullman, Washington, $474,850 These projects include a University of New Hampshire project to determine if pesticide seed treatments inadvertently protect weed seeds in the soil from being attacked by naturally…
Picking Your Produce in a Grocery Store Farm
…by multiple sensors and fed by an internet-controlled irrigation and nutrition system. The system is chemical and pesticide-free and can prioritize food grown for taste, color, and nutritional value. Rather…
Pollinator Partnership’s 10th Annual Pollinator Week
…will continue to do all I can to support the cause. As a product of public schools in Queens myself, I’m especially thrilled with the National Wildlife Federation’s involvement with…
If It Smells Like a Petunias or Shampoo, It Might Be a Pesticide
…especially berries. Zhang, who is with the ARS Invasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, points out the possibility of a new bio-based pesticide—especially one based on an…
USDA Announces $20 Million for Jobs for Young People, Veterans
…the 4,000 opportunities funded by this year’s commitment will be for Youth Conservation Corps jobs, a summer employment program on public lands that employ high school-aged youth. About 25 percent…
Feed a Bee Announces Coast-to-Coast Recipients for $500,000 Pollinator Forage Initiative
…Living Coast Discovery Center, California Mystic Middle School, Connecticut The Rotary Club of Cape Coral, Florida Camp Viola, Georgia Oglethorpe County Middle School, Georgia Doc’s Healing Hives and Honey Incorporation,…