Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Drop Bear takes care of some of their energy needs with solar panels and uses excess heat generated during the brewing process to warm their buildings. Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides.

Beverage 125

Beverage Ecology Compost Cultivation 125

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Agricultural run-off, including soil erosion, nutrient loss from fertilizers and animal manure, bacteria from animal manure and pesticides are the largest stressors to water quality of America’s streams and rivers. These crops are also the largest consumer of increasingly scarce river water in the Western United States.

Farming 113

Farming Farming Ecology Food 113

Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

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. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor. Will it work? It literally sucks the life out of them.

Orchard 102

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 102

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

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. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor. Will it work? It literally sucks the life out of them.

Harvest 89

Harvest Harvesting Harvester Orchard 89

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor. Will it work? It literally sucks the life out of them.

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

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. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor. Will it work? It literally sucks the life out of them.

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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. The process of getting the bees to the almonds adds another stressor. Will it work? It literally sucks the life out of them.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Orchard Acre 52