Jun 13, 2019
Pesticide use remains near record high in California, state data show
For Immediate Release: June 13, 2019 Sacramento, CA: Pesticide use in California topped two hundred million pounds for the third year in a row in 2017, according to data just released by the...
Jun 6, 2019
Progress Blocked for Minnesota Bees
Lawmakers terminate widely supported pollinator bills behind closed doors For immediate release: Thursday, June 6, 2019 Last week, a proposed ban of neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics) in Minnesota’s...
May 8, 2019
Governor Newsom Announces Cancellation of Brain-harming Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
Dow’s cheap and devastating nerve gas is the first pesticide ever to be cancelled in California Sacramento, CA: California’s farmworking communities will soon get a reprieve from a devastating...
Apr 19, 2019
Court orders EPA to decide whether to ban brain-damaging pesticide from food
Chlorpyrifos is linked to neurodevelopmental damage unsafe to farmworkers For Immediate Release — April 19, 2019 SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered EPA to decide...
Apr 19, 2019
National Family Farm Coalition and Pesticide Action Network to host "Farmers for a Green New Deal: An Online Forum" on Wednesday, April 24 at 2PM ET
ADVISORY: WASHINGTON, DC — National Family Farm Coalition and Pesticide Action Network will host Farmers for a Green New Deal: An Online Forum on Wednesday, April 24 at 2PM ET. Press and interested...
Apr 9, 2019
More than 300 Groups Urge Congress to Make Food and Agriculture Central to the Climate Crisis and Green New Deal Debate
America’s farmers, ranchers, fishers and workers who feed the nation must be at the center of this policy agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of more than 300 groups today sent a letter to Congress...
Mar 28, 2019
Sen. Udall, Senate Leaders Introduce Bill to Ban Chlorpyrifos Nationwide
Legislation endorsed by Pesticide Action Network, organization fighting chlorpyrifos in the courts For Immediate Release: March 28, 2019 Washington, D.C. – A day after President Trump’s EPA once...
Mar 26, 2019
Pesticide Action Network Calls for Legally Binding Treaty for Highly Hazardous Pesticides
For release: March 26, 2019 On the eve of the upcoming 3rd Open Ended Working Group of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM), PAN redoubles its call for a global...
Mar 19, 2019
Pesticide approval process violates state law, UCLA report finds
Permits are granted without considering safe alternatives for hazardous pesticides such as chlorpyrifos, or how pesticides may interact with one another For Immediate Release: March 20, 2019...
Jan 15, 2019
Food & Farm Legislative Report Card Released: “Few Top Marks and Lots of Passing Grades”
For Immediate Release: January 15th, 2019 Sacramento, CA – The California Food and Farming Network and the California Food Policy Council released today the 2018 Food & Farm Scorecard, revealing...