…many store-bought herbs have been sprayed with toxic pesticides. Look for fresh organic herbs at your local farmer’s market. When drying your own herbs, make sure to pick them before…
Bees Are Buzzing Back from Colony Collapse
…Disorder was 84,430 in this year’s first quarter, down 27 percent from a year earlier. Still, more than two-fifths of beekeepers said mites were harming their hives, and with pesticides…
Agricultural Chemical Use Survey Results Released
…planted acres, respectively). Watermelon and squash growers similarly applied fungicides to more acres than other pesticides. Pumpkin growers, on the other hand, applied herbicides to 76 percent of planted acres,…
UC Asian Citrus Psyllid Scouts Trying to Avert Huanglongbing Disaster
…will only need to spray the borders of the grove.” This will reduce costs and the impact of pesticides on natural enemies. “The early data have also revealed which chemicals…
SoftBank Investing in Indoor Vertical Farming Company
…Plenty claims to use one percent of the water and land of a conventional farm with no pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. Like other large soilless, hi-tech farms growing today, Plenty…
Many Other Ways to Save Bees
…but there are so many other ways to help and save our bees. Here are just a few steps you can take: Buy local, organic produce (grown without the pesticides…
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
…pesticides. Pruitt told Congress last month he made the decision based on meaningful data and science. Despite numerous requests from the Associated Press, the EPA hasn’t provided any copies of…
Agri View: Cleaner Living
…of criticism. Some of it may be justified, but not all of it. The way farmers and homeowners once used poisons and pesticides would make today’s world totally unsafe to…
Pollinator Partnership’s 10th Annual Pollinator Week
…direct result of pollinators. Declines in pollinator populations in recent decades has been severe due to habitat loss, pesticides, and other threats. To learn more about Pollinator Week you can…
If It Smells Like a Petunias or Shampoo, It Might Be a Pesticide
…standard pesticides. Zhang is also investigating whether low doses of methyl benzoate could control Varroa mites, the No. 1 problem of managed honey bees today. You can read more about…
Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary Perdue Unveil Beehive at Vice President’s Residence
…a number of factors, ranging from a syndrome known as “colony collapse disorder” to stress caused by factors such as parasites and pests, transportation of bees, sub-lethal exposure to pesticides,…
Agri View: Food Labels Confuse People
…into the food they buy. Those same consumers are confused about some of the things they read. Over 80 percent of those surveyed thought organic meant no pesticides. Most said…
ChemChina Plans a Second Merger
…is looking for more control of technology in seeds, herbicides, and pesticides. The Chinese government is pushing for more control of technology despite widespread domestic opposition to genetically modified crops….