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Letter Regarding FY25 Pesticide Appropriations

NASDA

Our nation’s farmers, applicators, consumers, and other users rely on quality pesticide registration decisions and guidance from federal regulators to allow for the meaningful use of pesticidal tools while ensuring both human health and our environment are protected. million for the operations of EPA-OPP. While FY2024 did provide $1.0

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Op-ed: The Food System Cannot Become Another Fossil-Fuel Industry Escape Hatch

Civil Eats

One key reason: the industrial food chain and its ultra-processed foods are deeply dependent on fossil fuels. At nearly every step of this ultra-processed foods path from the field to the grocery store, fossil fuels are key. Consider, if you will, a simple bag of potato chips with a not-so-simple origin story.

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Policy Perspectives: Patrick Wade Discusses NASDA’s Rural Development Policies and NASS Data

NASDA

Q&A In a recent interview, NASDA Director of Public Policy Patrick Wade talks about NASDAs work on agricultural labor, pesticide rules, and rural development. For Plant Agriculture & Pesticide Regulations, this means a commitment to science-based, transparent, and enforceable regulations.

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Complete Practical Guide on Organic Pumpkin Farming

Agric4profits

Organic pumpkin farming is a method of growing pumpkins without the use of synthetic fertilizers or pesticides. By using natural processes, they ensure that the land remains fertile for future generations. It focuses on maintaining soil health and promoting biodiversity.

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Op-ed: Big Ag Touts Its Climate Strengths, While Awash in Fossil Fuels

Civil Eats

1) Agrochemical production consumes fossil fuels to generate pesticides, fertilizers, and other inputs. 6) Finally, food waste processing can result in additional fossil fuel use. 6) Finally, food waste processing can result in additional fossil fuel use.

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Sustainability Means ‘Freedom to Really Farm How We Should Be Farming’

Food Tank

I sold pesticides for 10 years, and now I don’t. She studied agriculture in college and worked for a pesticide company for about a decade. For Trisha, sustainability means “freedom to really farm how we should be farming,” including being freed from the volatile cost of inputs like synthetic fertilizers.

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Our Best Climate Reporting of 2024

Civil Eats

In addition to looking at the greenhouse gas impacts of growing, harvesting, transporting, processing, packaging, and distributing food, we also examine the ways food-system players are addressing climate change with strategies that sequester carbon, cut emissions, save water, and establish new markets.

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