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A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda: the Pesticide Lobby

Thumbnail image for A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda: the Pesticide Lobby May 27, 2009 by Jon Steinman

“Researchers were able to demonstrate that current scientific knowledge does not sup¬port the idea that a switch to organic and sustainable agriculture would drastically lower food production and lead to hunger.” – M. Jahi Chappell, co-author, Organic Agriculture and the Global Food Supply
On April 22, the Province of Ontario implemented a ban on the “cosmetic” [...]

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A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda

Thumbnail image for A Primer on Pesticide Propaganda May 5, 2009 by Jon Steinman

The New Resilient now features Deconstructing Dinner, an award-winning weekly radio podcast about local and international food issues brought to you by Kootenay Coop Radio CJLY FM in Nelson, British Columbia. You can download the latest episode here, stream it here or download the podcast via iTunes.
Since the recent streak of municipal pesticide bans were [...]

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Colony Collapse Disorder and the bee decline

March 5, 2009 by Ryan Slifka

Dr. Lynne Royce discusses the rise of Colony Collapse Disorder on Cooking Up a Story’s always impressive blog. Colony Collapse Disorder is the abrupt, unexplained disappearance of worker bees from a colony, causing it to immediately decline and collapse. It has become a major issue in the industrialized world, including parts of Europe and the [...]

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