Hindustan Times The state agriculture department has started a special campaign to educate the farmers on the correct use of pesticides and insecticides in their crops and avoid over-use at all costs. The move comes after several reports have highlighted that ...
Quartz Finally, some good news for the bees. The US government today said it is restricting the use of some neonicotinoids—a type of agricultural pesticide implicated in the mass die-off of honey bees, which has raised fears about the future of the food ...
The Hill (blog) “Multiple factors play a role in bee colony declines, including pesticides ," said Jim Jones, assistant administrator of the EPA's chemical safety office, in a statement on Thursday. "The Environmental Protection Agency is taking action to protect bees ...
Science 2.0 Organic pesticides are no better (or worse) for us than synthetic pesticides and the list of exemptions for synthetic ingredients that organic food congl...
Big Picture Agriculture 1) Not All Industrial Food is Evil: Mark Bittman headed to the Sacramento Valley in California to see a big tomato operation and gives us his report. “I began by touring Bruce Rominger's farm in Winters. With his brother Rick and as many as 40 ... and more »
