…kinds of crops. Spend three minutes outdoors in your community counting pollinators and add your numbers to a statewide pollinator map. The beascientist.ucanr.edu website will help you identify which ones…
National Seeds Executive on Farm Bill, Pollinator Issues, Specialty Crops and More
Andy LaVigne, President and CEO at American Seed Trade Association, talks about the farm bill, pollinator issues, needs for specialty crops and other other topics. Andy LaVigne Interview…
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Proposed FY 2015 Budget
…million each to three public-private innovation institutes that focus on biobased product manufacturing, pollinator health, and anti-microbial resistance research, respectively. At the same time, the 2015 budget recognizes fiscal realities….
USDA Grant for Pollinator Health, CA Left Out
…the health of bees, which play an important role in crop production. The funding is a focused investment to improve pollinator health and will be targeted in five Midwestern states,…
Pollinators Crucial to Agriculture, Part 2
We have another segment in our series about the pollinator partnership and its efforts to find answers to ongoing declines in the world’s bee populations. Gary Cooper talked with Laurie…
Pollinators Crucial to Agriculture
Many efforts are underway to protect pollinators. Gary Cooper talked with Laurie Davies Adams, Executive Director of the Pollinator Partnership in San Francisco, earlier this month at this year’s Vegetable…
ASTA 2014 Vegetable Seed Conference Offers Many Critical Updates
…Download Audio A discussion on seed treatments and the environment featured Laurie Davies Adams, Executive Director of the Pollinator Partnership in San Francisco. Pollinator protection is a huge concern for…
More Efforts to Save Bees
Experts have been sharing recent research and efforts designed to save declining pollinator populations. Rod Bain reports. Click to open or download audio report….