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Buzz Kill: How the Pesticide Industry is Clipping the Wings of Bee Protection Efforts Across the U.S.
This report has found that the pesticide industry is stifling urgently needed reforms that would help these essential pollinators survive and rebuild their numbers.
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Gardeners Beware: Bee-Toxic Pesticides Found in "Bee-Friendly" Plants Sold at Garden Centers Across the U.S.
New report finds 28 percent decrease in toxic pesticides in “bee-friendly” plants and shows that retailer commitments are shifting the market.
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Farming for the Future: Organic and Agroecological Solutions to Feed the World
Farming for the Future details the science that demonstrates that organic and agroecological farming are fundamental to feeding all people, now and into the future.
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Home Depot to phase out bee-killing pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, has announced that it has removed neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading driver of global bee declines, from 80 p…
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Big food and chemical corporations spend millions to attack organic
This onslaught of industry-sponsored spin is aimed at stemming the growing tide of consumers seeking healthier food produced without GMOs, toxic pesticides or routine antibiotics.
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#GreenTheGreens: Students for Safe and Healthy Campus Grounds
A campaign to inspire students, groundskeepers, landscapers and servicers to transition to chemical, toxic and pesticide-free lawn and garden management on college campuses.
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Lowes commits to decisive action to protect bees and other pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth, Domini Social Investments and Trillium Asset Management praised Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) for making a commitment to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides — a…
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Assault on Organics: Separating myth from fact
Experts discuss industry PR tactics at Expo West ANAHEIM, CA —In response to booming organic markets and growing consumer skepticism about industrial food, the agrochemical industry has spent an est…
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Growing Bee-Friendly Garden Plants: Profiles in Innovation
This report provides examples of wholesale nurseries, retailers and institutions that are responding to consumer demand to protect bees.
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Spinning Food
The industrial food and agricultural sector spent hundreds of millions of dollars from 2009 to 2013 on communications efforts to spin the media, drive consumer behavior and advance its policy agenda.