Pesticides

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

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