Bee Action
Pollinators are in peril; their populations are declining around the world. Friends of the Earth works to eliminate pollinator-toxic pesticides like neonicotinoids, glyphosate and organophosphates and shift to organic farming systems that are healthier for bees, butterflies, people and the planet by shifting the market and advancing toward much-needed state and federal policy change. Read more...
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Food & Agriculture Tell your Senators to help save pollinatorsTAKE ACTION
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Food & Agriculture Tell Kroger: Step up and protect beesTAKE ACTION
By outlawing chlorpyrifos, California joins New York and Hawaii in putting public health and the environment over corporate profits. We call on the state to work as swiftly as possible to cancel the registration of chlorpyrifos.
The Vermont Legislature today passed a bill banning consumer use of neonicotinoid pesticides by July 2019. During the legislative session, thousands of Friends of the Earth members in Vermont called and emailed their lawmakers in support of the bill.
The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change social and economic systems, according to a global assessment launched today by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
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Learn MoreSwarming the Aisles II
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DownloadBayer-Monsanto Merger: Big Data, Big Agriculture, Big Problems
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DownloadBuzz Kill: How the Pesticide Industry is Clipping the Wings of Bee Protection Efforts Across the U.S.
Thanks to Friends of the Earth, three-quarters of the garden industry has moved away from neonics, and many major retailers have committed to stop selling plants and products treated with these bee-killing pesticides.
For the first year, all major garden retailers are on record committing to eliminate the use of neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides on the products and garden plants that they sell.
America’s eaters and farmers deserve a Farm Bill that addresses our many food-related environmental crises, from climate change to soil erosion and pollinator decline.
Because of its promise for rural America, organic agriculture has growing support from both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. So why is there language in the Farm Bill that would weaken the organic standards?
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DownloadOrganic for All: Results of the Organic Diet Biomonitoring Study
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DownloadToxic Secret: Pesticides uncovered in store brand cereal, applesauce, beans and produce
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Learn MoreSwarming the Aisles II