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Rethinking No-Till
A new report from Friends of the Earth refutes the widely-held assumption that conventional no-till agriculture is “regenerative.” Read More
2024 Retailer Scorecard
Without pollinators, grocery shelves would run short of a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables, nuts, and beans. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes: Risks and Concerns
The release of live genetically engineered microbes in agriculture represents an unprecedented open-air genetic experiment. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Toxic Acres
Since neonicotinoid insecticides were introduced in the 1990s, U.S. agriculture has become 48 times more toxic to insect life, according to a new study in the peer-reviewed journal PLOS One. Read More