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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.
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More spin than science: The latest efforts to take down organics
A recent Oxford University study found that “organic farms support 34 percent more plant, insect, and animal species than conventional farms,” including important pollinators.
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Follow the honey: 7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits
Follow the Honey: 7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits
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Follow the Honey
7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits. Pesticide companies are using Big Tobacco PR tactics to deflect blame for bee die-offs.
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Bees in Trouble
Bees are essential in producing one out of every three bites of food we eat. In fact, 71 of the 100 crops that provide 90 percent of the world’s food—from almonds to tomatoes and strawberries—ar…
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Gardeners Beware 2014
Two-thirds of the food crops humans eat every day require bees and other pollinators to successfully produce a crop. However, the health and productivity of honey bees, bumble bees, and other pollinat…
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Gardeners beware: “Bee-friendly” plants may be poisoning your garden
You may know that bees are in grave trouble. But did you know that your own garden plants may be poisoning these bees?