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The Good GardenIt’s that time of year when many are preparing and planting their summer gardens. In my talk today with Chris McLaughlin, author of The Good Garden, we discuss some of the basics of growing your own food in a way that not only can nurture you and your family but the inherent joy it can offe...
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Contaminated Wildflower Nectar and Pollen Puts Bees and Humans at RiskAs first reported by Sustainable Pulse, Contaminated Wildflower Nectar and Pollen Puts Bees and Humans at Risk. Bees are likely to be at high risk from exposure to glyphosate, the most widely used weedkiller in the world, via contaminated wildflower nectar and pollen after pre-harvest spraying (...
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Walmart Takes A Step to Save the BeesJust recently, we received a Press Release from Friends of the Earth (FOE), Walmart annouces industry-leading policy to protect pollinators from pesticides. Walmart takes a step to save our bees! Walmart is the world’s largest food retailer in the world so this is a big deal. Bees and other...
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Roundup is Not Just a Carcinogenic Herbicide. It’s a Bee Killing Pesticide Too.Happy Earth Day! Please do something for the earth today. Read this article and take action below! Thank you!A new study released April 6, 2021, in the Journal of Applied Ecology reveals that Roundup, the most widely used herbicide in the world, and the focus of recent lawsuits regarding non-Hodg...
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Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and The EPAE.G. Vallianatos worked for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for 25 years and saw things from the inside. What he learned about this agency, whose mission is “to protect human health and the environment,” is unconscionable. E.G. spoke with me this week and shared the factual ...
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News for Foodies – April 2013Subscribe now https://fintegrity.wpengine.com/2013/03/20/welcome-to-food-integrity-now/ On Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced Bills to the Senate and House of Representatives that would require food manufacturers to clearly label an...
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June Stoyer of The Organic View: Neonicotinoids and Our Disappearing BeesWhat is happening to our bee population? How do systemic pesticides called neonicotinoids affect our bee population? June Stoyer of The Organic View discusses these questions and the fate of the bees if something does not change. In the United States, neonicotinoids, a systemic class of pesticide...
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EPA Approves Pesticide Linked to Colony Collapse Disorder
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted emergency approval for the use of the neonicotinoid pesticide dinotefuran to control brown marmorated stink bugs in seven eastern states. Dinotefuran is a member of the neonicotinoid family of systemic pesticides that is known to be highly toxic to bees and associated with Colony Collapse Disorder.Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:00 — 36.9MB) | Embed
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