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The whole dam truth

Food Environment and Reporting Network

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. Will it work?

Orchard 88
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A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died.

Food Environment and Reporting Network

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. Will it work?

Harvest 79
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A chilling effect: How farms can help pollinators survive the stress of climate change

Food Environment and Reporting Network

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. Will it work?

Farming 52
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Trouble at sea

Food Environment and Reporting Network

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. Will it work?

Orchard 52
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The deep roots of Mexico’s trade dispute with U.S. over GMO corn

Food Environment and Reporting Network

million acres of the Central Valley. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. An array of pesticides, including dicamba and clothianidin, have been found to damage the bees’ health in a variety of ways, weakening their immune systems, for instance, and slowing their reproductive rate. Will it work?

Orchard 52