Pesticides

a farmer walks in a cornfield contemplating whether to spray glyphosate, dicamba, or one of three other herbicides in a new corn variety proposed by Bayer/Monsanto

Bayer Forges Ahead with New Crops Resistant to 5 Herbicides

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07.01.20

A sign posted in a field of Roundup Ready, dicamba-resistant soybeans.

Federal Court Outlaws Controversial Herbicide Dicamba

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06.05.20

Coalition of Immokalee Worker carrying produce. Photo from iStockphoto.com.

Change to Federal Rule Could Expose More Farmworkers to Pesticides

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04.22.20

Food safety inspection at a meat processing facility.

Critical Food and Farm Rules Have Been Rolled Back Amid Pandemic

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04.14.20

spraying an orchard farm with a tractor

Jury Awards $265M in Damages in Dicamba Trial Against Monsanto, BASF

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02.17.20

Bill Bader, owner of Bader Farms, and his wife Denise pose in front of the Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr. United States Courthouse in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Photo by Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)

At Dicamba Trial, Evidence Shows Monsanto Execs Anticipated Pesticide Drift

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01.31.20

UF/IFAS specialist and citrus growers scout the grove for insects. Beneficial insects are always around with the diversity of species and flowering in the cover crops. (Photo by Juanita Popenoe)

Can Cover Crops Save Florida’s Citrus?

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01.22.20

Candace Thompson standing in nature with edible plants

The New York Artist Reintroducing Wild, Edible Foods

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01.03.20

spraying a dandelion weed with glyphosate

Community-Led Efforts to Ban Glyphosate in Public Spaces Pick up Speed

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12.17.19

spraying atrazine on corn

EPA Weakens Safeguards for Weed Killer Atrazine, Linked to Birth Defects  

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11.20.19

A farmer walking through a wheat field in the sunset

The World Food Prize Should Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

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10.17.19

The Rise of America’s Favorite Berry

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10.10.19

Farmers Kenneth and Sheri Jensen, and their daughter, Rose, were early adopters of the soil health movement in Eastern Oregon. (NRCS photo by Tracy Robillard)

With Regenerative Agriculture Booming, the Question of Pesticide Use Looms Large

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09.05.19

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Meet the Women Building Political Power for Farmworkers in the Central Valley

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08.12.19

photo of a phosphate mine for glyphosate with roundup bottles superimposed

Roundup’s Other Problem: Glyphosate is Sourced from Controversial Mines

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06.24.19

farmer in a canola field checking his crop

Oregon’s Seed War: Can Vegetable Crops and Canola Coexist in the Seed Capitol of America?

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06.20.19

dung beetle on top of a ball of dung in a field.

Dung Beetles Are Key to Healthy Pasture. Now They May Also Help Make Produce Safer

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04.30.19

hydroponic growing plants in a greenhouse

Can Hydroponic Farmers Spray Glyphosate Just Before Becoming Organic?

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04.23.19