Pesticides

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

What the ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Has to Do With the Food We Eat

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04.17.19

tractor spraying pesticides on a field

A Decade of Pesticides, GMOs, and Alternatives to Chemical-Intensive Farming

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04.10.19

farmer spraying pesticides on his farm with a safety mask on

California’s Pesticide Regulators Are Supposed to Consider Safer Alternatives. Many Don’t.

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03.20.19

man spraying pesticides in a farm field

Can Eating Organic Lower Your Exposure to Pesticides?

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02.11.19

Gorazd Trušnovec, a professional beekeeper in Ljubljana, tends to the beehives on the balcony of the offices of the prime minister of Slovenia

What the U.S. Could Learn From Slovenia About Protecting Bees

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02.04.19

Mark VanGessel holding an invasive palmer amaranth plant. (Photo CC-licensed by Delaware Agriculture)

Australia Might Have the Answer to Herbicide-Resistant ‘Superweeds’

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01.28.19

USDA Agriculture Research Service entomologists inspect Florida orange trees for Asian citrus psyllids. (USDA photo by Stephen Ausmus.)

Florida’s Citrus Trees Face Extinction. Are Antibiotics the Only Answer?

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01.23.19

a chart showing the seed industry monopoly in 2018

The Sobering Details Behind the Latest Seed Monopoly Chart

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01.11.19

pollinators on the edge of a field

Hold the Soy, Save the Pollinators

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11.30.18

soybeans dicamba

Beyond Damaging Crops, Dicamba is Dividing Communities

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11.08.18

Small group of happy children making bubbles and playing together in nature

How the Farm Bill Could Keep You from Banning Roundup at Your Kid’s Playground

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09.05.18

Migrant workers harvesting sweet potatoes in Mechanicsville, VA. (Photo credit: USDA)

Healthy Soil is Ground Zero for Environmental Justice in Farm Communities

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08.17.18