Booker’s bill, also introduced in the House by Representative Gabe Vasquez, would require the USDA to release frozen grant funds and prohibit the termination of existing contracts.
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Booker’s bill, also introduced in the House by Representative Gabe Vasquez, would require the USDA to release frozen grant funds and prohibit the termination of existing contracts.
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Neonicotinoids coat nearly all the corn and soybean seeds available for planting. Agrichemical companies have designed it that way.
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Many programs meant to help farmers address climate change are now owned by companies that sell chemicals, which could boost practices that depend on pesticides — rather than those that reduce their use.
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As the agrichemical giant lays groundwork to fend off Roundup litigation, its use of a playbook for building influence in farm state legislatures has the dangerous potential to benefit pesticide companies nationwide.
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Among other measures, congressional lawmakers are considering multiple proposals that would reverse bans on spraying super-toxic pesticides within 200 feet of elementary schools.
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In the face of intensifying weather patterns like the series of storms pounding the West, regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to resilience is working with nature.
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The EPA knows that plastic containers are leaching toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into pesticides. But PFAS are also ending up in pesticides from other sources — in much higher quantities.
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The government’s unwillingness to enforce the rules is severely damaging organic and jeopardizing the health of our valuable farmworkers.
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A new report questions the dramatic environmental claims that alternative proteins can save the planet, disrupt the status quo or challenge the power of the corporate food industry.
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At the Sustainable Ag Summit, industry leaders paid more attention to an ‘anti-meat agenda’ than the climate crisis.
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As climate-smart farming initiatives scale up, experts decry ‘junk agroecology’ — global initiatives they say are cherry-picking sustainable practices, while denying political realities.
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44% of farmers, farmworkers and pesticide applicators experience at least one incident of acute pesticide poisoning on the job every year, and 11,000 die annually from accidental pesticide poisoning.
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Demand for seeds is sky high once again, and many say this signals a longer-term shift towards growing food at home.
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The U.S. Organic Grain Initiative is designed to transition 50,000 acres of corn and soy to organic, which help fill a growing gap in domestic organic animal feed.
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While some advocates say animal welfare certifications are helping to change the industry, a new report points to a lack of rigor among widely adopted labels.
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BIPOC farmers and advocates say the latest trend in agriculture is built on an age-old pattern of cultural theft and appropriation.
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With regenerative agriculture gaining traction, the organic industry is positioning itself as leading the way on carbon sequestration. The research is promising — but inconclusive.
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The nationwide shelter-in-place orders have led to a surge in purchases of certified organic foods, with much of the growth coming from industrial-scale farms.
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Regardless of who is finally declared the winner of the election, policy changes over the last four years will have long-term impacts on the food system — from the farm economy to food access.
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Wine grape and cannabis growers try to assess the damage of the ash and smoke on their crops, as well as to human health.
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The use of wide-ranging utility patents by a few powerful multinational corporations could make it harder for small companies to breed future crops.
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As vice president, experts say Harris would be able to advance her years-long focus on hunger, worker rights and protections, and environmental justice.
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Amid massive tracts of wheat and corn destined for global markets, some farmers are planting cover crop mixes designed to be harvested by their communities.
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The EPA has proposed dropping a rule requiring safety zones when spraying pesticides, just as farmworkers are deemed ‘essential’ during the pandemic.
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