pesticides

AFF counters another misleading consumer guide to produce

This update was distributed by the Alliance for Food and Farming April 16, 2024. Sorry consumers but you must suffer...

12 months ago 4 minute read

AFF: What EWG doesn’t want you to know: Part 3

We know – Part 1 and Part 2 covered so much about what the Environmental Working Group (EWG) doesn’t want...

1 year ago 4 minute read

EWG releases 2024 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce: The Dirty Dozen

March 20, 2024 WASHINGTON – Non-organic produce is loaded with fungicides that may harm human hormone systems, according to the...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Alliance for Food and Farming: Studies, government data discredit ‘Dirty Dozen’ list

March 18, 2024 WATSONVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Peer reviewed research published in the Journal of Toxicology found that the recommendation in the...

1 year ago 4 minute read

AFF: What EWG doesn’t want you to know: Part 2

As the Environmental Working Group (EWG) prepares to release its so-called “Dirty Dozen” list, which inaccurately disparages popular and more...

1 year ago 5 minute read

AFF: What EWG doesn’t want you to know: Part 1

As the Environmental Working Group (EWG) prepares to release its so-called “Dirty Dozen” list, which inaccurately disparages popular and more...

1 year ago 3 minute read

USDA: over 99% of fruit, vegetable samples below EPA pesticide benchmarks in most recent report

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today published the 2022 Pesticide Data Program (PDP) Annual Summary,...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Two pesticide reversals for EPA

By Richard Smoley The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed course on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide used on a number of...

1 year ago 3 minute read

IFPA criticises EPA Plant Incorporated Protectorants rule

May 25, 2023 Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency released the final rule on Plant Incorporated Protectorants (PIPs), and...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Bad news, good news for bee lovers

Bee lovers have been thirsting for some good news about these vital insects, which by one estimate pollinate a third...

2 years ago 4 minute read

EWG’s Dirty Dozen losing its ability to scare consumers 

The produce industry always dreads the release of the Environmental Working Group’s annual Dirty Dozen, as part of its Shopper’s...

2 years ago 5 minute read

Ag groups write in support of EPA

Wow. That’s a lot of signatures. The list of signers fills over five pages. All of them are major agricultural...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Westfalia creates a buzz using insects for natural pest control in orchards

Westfalia Fruit Group, BB #:300553 a leading multinational supplier of fresh vegetables and fruit is embracing entomology for sustainability, with...

2 years ago 5 minute read

AFF combats attempts to distort FDA’s pesticide residue findings

From the Alliance for Food and Farming: As we shared in a recent blog post, the Federal Food and Drug...

3 years ago 3 minute read

AFF says FDA 2020 pesticide residue report should give consumers confidence

From the Alliance for Food and Farming The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its Pesticide Residue Monitoring...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Organic agriculture makes biopesticides more vital

To many consumers, they are a nest of evils. To growers, they are valuable tools that cannot be eliminated without...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Dirty Dozen, Clean Fifteen released for 2022

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) released its contentious Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen annual guides for consumers to avoid pesticide...

3 years ago 2 minute read

The door closes on chlorpyrifos—for now

February 28 marked the end of the legal use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos in the U.S. “Chlorpyrifos is an organophosphate...

3 years ago 3 minute read
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