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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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