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Vermont Senate Unanimously Passes H.915–A Landmark Bill That Curbs the Use of Bee-killing Pesticides
The Vermont Senate listened to concerned constituents and adopted a key recommendation from the Vermont Pollinator Protection Committee that urged restrictions on bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.
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Farmers CARE Act Aims to Upgrade Farm Bill Conservation Program
This bill is vitally needed to counteract the misguided cuts to working lands conservation programs in the GOP Farm Bill.
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219,210 Americans: call on EPA to ban bee-killing pesticides
219,210 public comments call on the EPA to ban neonicotinoid pesticides—a leading cause of pollinator decline.
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House GOP Doubles Down on Highly Partisan, Regressive Farm Bill
It is clear that House Republicans have no interest in passing a bi-partisan Farm Bill that addresses the needs of vulnerable families, struggling farmers and ranchers, and our imperiled soil, air and…
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GMO Animal Replacement Products
Genetically engineered animal replacement products are entering the market before they have been proven to be safe, scalable and sustainable alternatives to factory farmed animal products.
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Congress Must Reject Regressive Farm Bill
This regressive Farm Bill doubles down on a failing food system that harms our health, decimates soil and pollinators, pollutes our water, and leaves us vulnerable to climate chaos.
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DOJ Approves Bayer-Monsanto Mega Merger Despite Significant Concerns from Farmers, Consumers, Environmentalists
The Department of Justice has chosen to green light the Bayer-Monsanto merger despite widespread opposition from farmers and other stakeholders across the country.
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Bayer, Monsanto and Big Data: Who will control our food system in the era of digital agriculture and mega-mergers?
Based on a recent poll, 91.7 percent of farmers surveyed are concerned that Bayer-Monsanto will control data about farm practices.
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Kroger needs to stop selling food grown with Dow’s toxic nerve gas pesticide
While the Trump administration sides with Dow over our children, workers, rural communities and pollinators, we must act to get this pesticide out of our food system.
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Food retailer scorecard: 20 out of 25 fail to protect bees and people from toxic pesticides
Only a few companies are taking responsibility for their role in the bee crisis. We urge major U.S. food retailers to work with their suppliers to eliminate pollinator-toxic pesticides and expand dome…