There are many voices who argue effectively and well that agroecology holds the answers that can address the shortcomings of our farm and food systems. I have added my voice to theirs as a farmer and steward of my own small-scale, diversified farm in Iowa.
Watch the recording of The Problem with Pesticides, a discussion hosted by Real Food Media featuring PAN Senior Scientist Emily Marquez and partners from the Center for Biological Diversity, US Right to Know, and Hawai’i Alliance for Progressive Action.
Unless you live in one of the states in which PAN has an on-the-ground organizing presence, (Minnesota, California, and Hawai‘i) you might not know about the exciting state-level legislative work we’ve been doing with partners across the country. So, let us fill you in!
Last Sunday night, I had the opportunity to view a brilliant display of the aurora borealis (Northern Lights) that was stronger than any I had witnessed previously. The lights pulsed and reached for the skies directly above me.
In recognition of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Day (April 7, 2023), PAN North America and PAN Asia Pacific organized the 8th Global Day of Action for the Stop the #ToxicAlliance Campaign.
Agroecology is all about acknowledging, learning about, accepting, and promoting complexity in our agricultural and food systems. This complexity manifests itself in the ecological, social and economic aspects of agriculture.
Last month’s groundbreaking DDT study — linking exposure in the womb to increased risk of breast cancer — represents more than an interesting footnote in the story of this legacy pesticide. Not only is DDT still in our environment more than 40 years after it
We’ve been saying it for years: the rules governing genetically engineered (GE) crops, and how they get on the market, are broken. There are significant loopholes, insufficient transparency, and outdated practices that fail to account for today’s on-the-ground farming realities. The White House agrees, at
California’s Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced today that the brain-harming pesticide chlorpyrifos is now a “restricted use” pesticide. Sounds pretty impressive, right? But wait, it’s actually not that great. What it really means is this: anyone wanting to use chlorpyrifos in the state now
It’s been quite a roller coaster. After a series of gubernatorial vetoes and late-night negotiations, the Minnesota legislative session came to a close on June 13. This time around, our legislators passed a bundle of worrisome agricultural and environmental policy that had Minnesotans across the state
Communities remain at risk from widespread agricultural use, protections still needed News Release: July 1, 2015 Contact: Paul Towers, PANNA, (916) 216-1082 Kari Birdseye, Earthjustice, (415) 217-2098 Kimiko Martinez, NRDC, (310) 434-2344 Washington, DC – Some 15 years after Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) banned chlorpyrifos
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