Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Tag: agriculture

Environmental Working Group detects lower levels of glyphosate in oats

EWG tested 24 samples of 14 non-organic oat-based products from popular brands and glyphosate was detected on all non-organic, or conventional, samples, but the average amounts were much lower than the tests conducted in 2018 and 2019.

Saving the bumblebee starts with changing our farming practices

We are the cause of the bumblebee decline—and the solution.

USDA invests $121 million to solve challenges facing specialty crop and...

The investment is part of the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) $82.3 million in grant funding through the Agricultural Marketing Service.

22% of San Joaquin Valley residents breathing chemical pesticides, study finds

While the toxicity of some of the detected compounds has been shown through studies, the potential adverse effects of others on humans is unknown.

USDA to distribute $2.2 billion in funding to Black farmers who...

The Biden administration announced it will distribute $2.2 billion in financial assistance to 43,000 farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who were discriminated against in the agency's farm lending programs.

New study confirms washing fruit before eating does not remove pesticides

The study aimed to "share the technical details of a process the authors developed for enhanced trace detection of pesticides in foods."

New study takes comprehensive look at how pesticides are contributing to...

The study, which was published in the journal, Environmental Health Perspectives, confirmed the presence of PFAS in both agricultural and residential pest control, including pet flea treatments.

World’s biggest meat and dairy companies spend more on ads than...

The meat and dairy sector—responsible for over 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions—has come under increasing pressure in recent years to tackle major climate harms.

Big Banks break their climate promises by propping up Big Meat

Massive industrial livestock financing sabotages major U.S. banks’ climate goals.

Red Earth Farms is proof that intentional communities can succeed

Ninety percent of all communes dissolve early on. How has this Missouri collective been making it work since 2005?

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What else but seething, punitive MAGA grievance explains its undying loyalty – absent real-world...

Whatever MAGA lives lack, brutalizing the even less powerful won’t resolve their miseries.

Seven children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza water site amid growing evidence of...

As Israel admits to a “technical error” in a drone strike that killed children waiting for water, new reports detail a systemic campaign of targeting Gaza’s basic survival infrastructure under U.S. and Western-backed military operations.

Nuclear reactors stoke the climate they claim to cool

Heatwaves force European reactors offline while solar keeps the lights on.

‘Unforgivable’: FEMA failure during Texas floods tied to Noem’s contract purge and Trump-era sabotage

More than 80% of survivor calls went unanswered after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem abruptly cut FEMA’s contractor workforce—days after deadly flooding devastated Texas.

Common weedkiller ingredient diquat linked to organ damage and gut harm as EPA resists...

New research shows diquat, used in place of glyphosate, is more toxic and banned abroad but widely sprayed in US agriculture.