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  • Genetically Engineered Wheat: Risks & Concerns

    A new variety of genetically engineered (GMO) wheat called HB4 has been approved by the U.S. government, raising serious concerns for the health of the American public, farmers’ livelihoods, and the…

  • Rethinking No-Till

    A new report from Friends of the Earth refutes the widely-held assumption that conventional no-till agriculture is “regenerative.” 

  • 2024 Retailer Scorecard

    Without pollinators, grocery shelves would run short of a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables, nuts, and beans.

  • Economic Risks of Pesticides

    The U.S. food retail sector’s use of pesticides on just four crops could result in $219 billion in financial risks between now and 2050.

  • New Roundup, New Risks

    Friends of the Earth’s analysis finds that, on the fiftieth anniversary of its commercialization, Roundup sold to consumers is more toxic than ever before.

  • 2023 Bee-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard

    To spur a race to the top, FOE created a retailer scorecard to benchmark 25 of the largest grocery stores on pesticides & pollinator health.

  • Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes: Risks and Concerns

    The release of live genetically engineered microbes in agriculture represents an unprecedented open-air genetic experiment.

  • Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide

    Like Big Oil and Big Tobacco, pesticide companies spend millions on deceitful strategies to keep their hazardous products unregulated.

  • 2022 Bee-Friendly Supermarket Scorecard

    Without pollinators, grocery shelves would run short of a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables, nuts, beans, and delicious favorites like chocolate and coffee.

  • Pesticides and Soil Health

    This brief summarizes the science on a third critical principle of regenerative agriculture that receives comparatively little attention: minimizing use of pesticides.