Jun 11, 2020 | Earth Radio, Earth Watch, Featured, Social Media News
Dicamba-resistant crops pose serious threat to human and environmental health Photo courtesy of Center for Food Safety Rob Faux is the Communications Associate in Iowa for the Pesticide Action Network. Rob is also a farmer, operating a diversified vegetable and...
Sep 30, 2019 | all other, Brazil, Chile-All, Featured, Forests, Honduras, Latin America, No GE Trees News, Press Releases, Publications, Rainforest, Social Media News, Tree Plantations, Uncategorized, Zapatistas / Chiapas / Mexico
Caption: “Eucalyptus Plantations are not Forests” banner at MST Camp, Espirito Santo Brazil (2005) Photo: Anne Petermann Note: The following introduction was written to launch the open letter the the IUFRO World Congress attached below it (in English,...
Oct 24, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
WASHINGTON – The White House’s just-released list of planned environmental and public health rollbacks includes letting high-school-age kids spray brain-damaging pesticides on commercial farms. The plan would drop the age of workers permitted to spray restricted-use...
Sep 26, 2018 | Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
Pesticides Commonly Approved Without Demonstrated Safety WASHINGTON— The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of the Inspector General released a report finding that the agency’s practice of routinely granting “emergency” approval for use of pesticides...
May 9, 2018 | Bioenergy, Climate Justice, Featured, Social Media News
For many family farmers, farming is not just a job, it’s a way of life. Family farms take care of the environment, produce healthy foods, and support strong rural families and communities. But these family farms are disappearing across the United States. Policies that...
