Number of farmworkers sickened by pesticides more than doubled in one year, according to state report
Number of farmworkers sickened by pesticides more than doubled in one year, according to state report
No apparent violation of the law in almost one-third of poisoning incidents points to the need for greater protections and notification Sacramento, CA: Before the Covid-19 pandemic starkly exposed the unique vulnerability of “essential” food system workers,...
After Chlorpyrifos: What Comes Next?
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA: What comes next after the ban of one of California’s most widely-used agricultural pesticides? Today the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) released recommendations from a workgroup convened by Governor Newsom last May to find...
Dear DPR Director Dolcini: The Public Has The Right To Know!
June 30, 2020 Director Val Dolcini via email val.dolcini@cdpr.ca.gov Dear Director Dolcini, Thank you for meeting with us on June 11 to discuss the need to establish the right to know in advance about nearby hazardous agricultural pesticide use in California. As you...
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Mr. Parra Hensel [Santa Barbara City College] explained that the colonization of indigenous land has created the farming practices seen today. “We had this new farming system that is constantly being saturated with pesticides and fertilizers and a form of labor that is unjust and exploitative,” he said. “So really what that means is an unsustainable food system requires a steady supply of people without options that the system can take advantage of.”
Panel discusses food sovereignty, justice - Santa Barbara News-Press
CEC and county Food Action Network hold virtual webinar to examine the exploitation of agriculture The Community…Please join us on November 17 for California Department of Pesticide Regulation's Environmental Justice workshop. Registration required.
www.cdpr.ca.gov/docs/envjust/ej_central_valley_virtual_workshop_november_2020.pdf
ICYMI: Watsonville City Council passed a resolution last week calling on the County to notify residents before hazardous ag pesticides are used. Thanks for your leadership!
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Watsonville pushes for advanced public notice when growers use hazardous pesticides - KION546
Farmers in Santa Cruz County have to send an application to the Agricultural Commissioner to use hazardous agricultural pesticides. Watsonville City Council passed a resolution this week urging the Agricultural Commissioner to post advanced notices on future pesticide applications online.