The U.S. federal pesticide law is called the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or FIFRA. Ever wonder why FIFRA seems so feckless in dealing with the deepening economic, ecological, and public health problems arising from excessive reliance on herbicides in major row-crop weed management systems? Might no “H” in FIFRA have something to do […]
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A new presentation is circulating among ag nerds that was given by Tim Creger, the Pesticide/Fertilizer Program Manager for the Nebraska Department of Agriculture to the Association of American Pesticide Control Officials (AAPCO). Creger and his team are responsible for handling all reports of damage from drifting herbicides, and like state agencies around the Midwest […]
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A democratic state legislator from California’s wine country is trying to make history, proposing that the state become the first in the nation to make a large-scale switch to organic foods in school cafeterias. The bill, introduced late last month by Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, would launch a new agency within the California Department of Food and […]
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After months of meetings, and over 2,500 public comments, the Arkansas Plant Board finally decided what to do about dicamba in the 2019 planting season. As Liza Gross reports in Fern’s Ag Insider, The Board went against the recommendations of state weed scientists, and the vast majority of the members of the public who provided […]
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We have posted a summary of an important report from a European think tank — “An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating. Findings from the Ten Years For Agroecology (TYFA) “. This report that lays out a concrete plan — and path — toward a safer, sustainable agricultural system that promotes human […]
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The European sustainable development think-tank IDDRI has a 10 year plan to get the continent on a track towards sustainable agriculture, while producing ample food to provide a healthy diet to 530 million Europeans. Their fascinating new report is entitled “An agroecological Europe in 2050: multifunctional agriculture for healthy eating. Findings from the Ten Years […]
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Dan Charles, NPR’s widely respected food and agriculture correspondent, has written extensively about the dicamba drift crisis over the past couple of years (here are just a few of his pieces that were posted to the Managing Weeds for Healthy Kids site). In his latest NPR piece entitled “Is Fear Driving Sales Of Monsanto’s Dicamba-Proof Soybeans?,” he […]
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In just a couple more months, Arkansas farmers will be planting soybeans in their fields again. So, that means another contentious round of meetings and hearings so the Arkansas Plant Board can decide how and when soybean farmers will be able to spray dicamba on their fields. The dicamba drift disaster of the last couple […]
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Note to Hygeia Readers — Ford Baldwin is a weed scientist that has worked to promote integrated weed management systems in Arkansas over a long career. In fact, his contribution was recognized this year when he was inducted into the Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame. He has been deeply involved since 2016 in trying to […]
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By Rachel Benbrook The state of kid’s nutrition is getting some renewed attention in the U.K. in response to a new report released by the UK Soil Association‘s Food for Life program. In particular, the British government’s program that provides free, fresh produce to young children in state funded schools, the School Fruit and Veg Scheme, is […]
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