A new open access paper on environmental justice (EJ) and pesticides describes how current U.S. laws, regulations, policies, and practices perpetuate disparities in pesticide exposure and harm.
The current avain flu (HPAI) outbreak is just one of the reasons to promote the production of foods on small-scale, diversified farms instead of encouraging the industrial model for food production.
Earlier this month, the California state government released a draft of the Scoping Plan – the roadmap for how the state will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and become carbon neutral by mid-century.
PAN’s Farm Policy Commons is a new project focused on creating a clearinghouse for food and farm advocates across the country who are working to change state policies.
In March, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the release of two billion experimental genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes across several counties in California – Fresno, Tulare, San Bernardino, and Stanislaus – as well as Monroe County, Florida. To date, this would be the biggest release of GE insects in the world.