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 and glyphosate and shift to organic farming systems that are healthier for bees, butterflies, people and the planet. Read more...
-
Food & Agriculture Tell Ace Hardware: Stop selling bee-killing pesticidesTAKE ACTION
-
Food & Agriculture Tell your Senators to help save pollinatorsTAKE ACTION
-
Food & Agriculture Tell Kroger: Step up and protect beesTAKE ACTION
At a time of ecological crisis, this Farm Bill worsens the disastrous impacts of climate change, collapsing biodiversity and severely degrading soil, water and air.
Today farmworkers, students, public health, beekeeping, environmental, faith-based and consumer groups held a protest at Kroger’s (NYSE: KR) annual shareholder meeting, calling on the company to sign onto the Fair Food Program and commit to eliminate toxic pesticides from its supply chain.
If Kroger is serious about protecting pollinators, people and the planet, it must phase out the use of toxic pesticides on the food it sells and increase its domestic organic offerings.
-
Learn MoreSwarming the Aisles II
-
DownloadBayer-Monsanto Merger: Big Data, Big Agriculture, Big Problems
-
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.
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?
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.
-
Learn MoreSwarming the Aisles II
-
DownloadLocal Policy Toolkit
-
DownloadThe Pollinator Toolkit