Gardeners can control pests and also protect pollinators by choosing organic pest-management practices. If your instinct is to reach for a chemical pesticide — stop. When you do see pests like aphids, wash them away. Dab scale insects with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol. Pick off tomato hornworms and cabbage worms by hand. If you need something stronger, choose neem oil, a pesticide derived from the seeds of the neem tree, is effective against aphids, adelgids, beetles, borers, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, scale, tent caterpillars, thrips, webworms, weevils, and whiteflies. This week, in a historic victory for farm workers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the Center for Food Safety and its represented farmworker and conservation clients by overturning the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision that the toxic pesticide glyphosate is safe for humans and imperiled wildlife. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer’s flagship Roundup weed killer, the most widely used pesticide in the world. Organic food sales continue to outpace conventional food sales. Steady growth and continuous demand have defined the organics market for several decades. In 2020, during the height of the COVID pandemic, total sales of organic food and non-food products garnered more than $60 billion, according to a 2021 Organic Industry Survey released by the Organic Trade Association. A Kansas City, Missouri, jury has ruled in favor of Bayer in the Shelton v. Monsanto trial in which the plaintiff Allan Shelton charged that Roundup (which contains the active ingredient glyphosate) caused his cancer. The produce industry picks the wrong side by fighting the EPA ban on the brain-damaging pesticide. The nation’s non-organic fruit and vegetable growers are throwing their weight behind efforts to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on spraying produce with a pesticide known to harm children’s brains. On August 18, 2021, the EPA announced it was pursuing a ban on all uses of chlorpyrifos on food to protect public health and sought public comment on the plan. But, the conventional produce industry wants to continue its use.
Bayer Wins Another Roundup Trial
A Kansas City, Missouri, jury has ruled in favor of Bayer in the Shelton v. Monsanto trial in which the plaintiff Allan Shelton charged that Roundup (which contains the active ingredient glyphosate) caused his cancer.
https://www.agriculture.com/news/business/bayer-wins-another-roundup-trial
Federal Court Rejects Glyphosate Registration Decision Because EPA Ignored Cancer Risks, Endangered Species Risks
This week, in a historic victory for farm workers and the environment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and its represented farmworker and conservation clients by overturning the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision that the toxic pesticide glyphosate is safe for humans and imperiled wildlife. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer’s flagship Roundup weed killer, the most widely used pesticide in the world.
Organic food sales continue to outpace conventional food sales
Steady growth and continuous demand have defined the organics market for several decades. In 2020, during the height of the COVID pandemic, total sales of organic food and non-food products garnered more than $60 billion, according to a 2021 Organic Industry Survey released by the Organic Trade Association.
How gardeners can control pests and also protect pollinators
If your instinct is to reach for a chemical pesticide — stop. When you do see pests like aphids, wash them away. Dab scale insects with a cotton swab dipped in rubbing alcohol. Pick off tomato hornworms and cabbage worms by hand. Neem oil, a pesticide derived from the seeds of the neem tree, is effective against aphids, adelgids, beetles, borers, leafhoppers, leafminers, mealybugs, scale, tent caterpillars, thrips, webworms, weevils, and whiteflies.
The produce industry picks the wrong side by fighting the EPA ban on the brain-damaging pesticide
The nation’s non-organic fruit and vegetable growers are throwing their weight behind efforts to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s ban on spraying produce with a pesticide known to harm children’s brains. On August 18, 2021, the EPA announced it was pursuing a ban on all uses of chlorpyrifos on food to protect public health and sought public comment on the plan.
