Here’s How to Actually Remove Pesticides From Fruits and Vegetables
Did you know that most of the fruits and vegetables you consume contain pesticides? Although it’s a controversial subject, the long-term safety of the use of these substances has yet to be established. Some argue that low-cost agrochemicals aren’t harmful to your health, while others believe that the consumption of these substances may be linked […]
Continue Reading...Chapter 13 Transportation of Pesticides
Welcome to the Grower Pesticide Safety Course. This is Chapter 13, Transportation of Pesticides. Chapter 13 starts on page 141 in your manual. There are twelve slides in this presentation. It will take us about ten minutes to review. What will I learn? By the end of this lesson you should be ready to, describe […]
Continue Reading...Task Force on Systemic Pesticides
Over the last few decades, scientists all over the world have been noticing dramatic declines in insect populations. Alarmed by these observations they decided to investigate, first the possible causes and then the matter itself, based on the assumption that the increasing worldwide use of a relatively new group of pesticides, the neonicotinoid insecticides might […]
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Planting Boxwood Hedges in Historic Gardens
Chatham Manor, Fredericks burg, VA currently part of Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park The property dates to the 1700s. This garden was designed by Ellen Biddle Shipman and Charles Gillette in the early 20th century. The garden that visitors see today was redesigned in the 1980s. Over several days, a National Park Service team […]
Continue Reading...Specialty Crops – America’s Heartland: Episode 907
America’s Heartland is made possible by… Farm Credit – financing agriculture and rural America since 1916. Farm Credit is cooperatively owned by America’s farmers and ranchers. Learn more at farmcredit.com Croplife America… Representing the companies whose modern farming innovations help America’s farmers provide nutritious food for communities around the globe. Hi I’m Rob […]
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Beekeepers Petition Court To Block EPA Approval Of Bee-Killing Insecticide – Breaking News
Beekeepers struggling with massive colony collapse petitioned a court Friday to block a decision by the Environmental Protection Agency allowing wider use of a controversial insecticide particularly lethal to honeybees The EPA decided in July to drop restrictions on sulfoxaflor for use on about 190 million acres of U S. cropland. The decision was made despite […]
Continue Reading...A Zest for Pests…Pesticides, the Environment, and You
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