- December 1, 2023
- Blog
PAN International is joining with frontline communities at the UN Climate Conference (COP28) to fight for agroecology, the right solution to address climate change.
PAN International is joining with frontline communities at the UN Climate Conference (COP28) to fight for agroecology, the right solution to address climate change.
A farm’s balance sheet should include measurements that go beyond total yield and profit. Investments in the soil, pollinators,environment and community can be important for long-term success.
Following an extensive national search, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) is pleased to announce that Allison Davis will serve as Executive Director for PAN’s North America Regional Center beginning December 1, 2023.
The November edition of Minnesota PAN Updates highlights coalition and relationship building in the state to help create better farm and food policies by empowering BIPOC farmers and Environmental Justice communities.
It is difficult to understand the dangers chlorpyrifos poses to those who are regularly exposed to it, until you have personal experience. Chlorpyrifos is dangerous and it drifts easily and residue on our food is dangerous for children. This is why it is important for the EPA to re-establish the chlorpyrifos ban on food and feed products and extend that ban to all uses.
PAN opposes the decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse EPA’s ban on the neurotoxic pesticide Chlorpyrifos, an insecticide associated with serious neurological damage in humans, with children being most at risk.
Earlier this week, we announced that, with our partners at Center for Food Safety, we’re suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to regulate insecticide-coated seeds. Just because these pesticides aren’t applied as a spray doesn’t mean they aren’t dangerous.
Center for Food Safety (CFS), Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), and Alianza Nacional De Campesinas, Inc. (Alianza) sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its unlawful re-approval of Enlist One and Enlist Duo. These highly toxic herbicides sprayed “over the top” of corn,
Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to close a regulatory loophole allowing insecticide-coated seeds to avoid regulation.
Many make the mistake of thinking that the battle to farm well has just begun, even when there is plenty of evidence that many of the techniques of growing that would be better for our world have been discussed and promoted for generations.
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.