It's Official: California Lists Chlorpyrifos as a Prop. 65 Reproductive Toxicant effective December 15
Growing Olives Without Pesticides in the San Joaquin Valley
Kanwarjit Boparai | Olive Farmer By Joan Cusick Kanwarjit Boparai practices and teaches veterinary medicine, but he believes that agriculture “is in my blood.” “My family is from Punjab, India, which is sort of a breadbasket of India, and California is sort of a...
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Six Companies Fined for Pesticide Violations in Bakersfield Incident
Almost 100 workers sickened by hazardous pesticides drifting from nearby fields Bakersfield, CA – Six companies were slapped with almost $50,000 in fines for eleven violations related to a pesticide drift incident in August that affected nearly 100 workers in...
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It’s Official: Chlorpyrifos is a Prop 65-Listed Chemical
For Immediate Release: November 29, 2017 Sacramento, CA - Earlier today, one of California’s leading independent scientific bodies unanimously declared that the insecticide chlorpyrifos is a developmental toxicant, strengthening the case for state officials to...
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SASS visited ALBA - Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association today to learn more about small-scale organic farming! Big thanks to Misael, an ALBA farmer, we learned about the benefits and challenges of growing food without harmful pesticides.
According to Misael, small-scale organic agriculture is beneficial to both the producers and the consumers - the producers don’t have to spend money on chemical inputs and don’t need to worry about pesticide contamination, and the consumers get cleaner more nutritious food for their families. Thank you ALBA!!!SASS visited ALBA - Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association today to learn more about small-scale organic farming! Big thanks to Misael, an ALBA farmer, we learned about the benefits and challenges of growing food without harmful pesticides.
According to Misael, small-scale organic agriculture is beneficial to both the producers and the consumers - the producers don’t have to spend money on chemical inputs and don’t need to worry about pesticide contamination, and the consumers get cleaner more nutritious food for their families. Thank you ALBA!!!
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
VICTORY! A court sided with NRDC and our partners and struck down Monsanto's efforts to remove the dangerous chemical from California's list of carcinogens.