Food Environment and Reporting Network

APRIL 25, 2024

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. Will it work?

Orchard 88

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 88

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JULY 5, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. Will it work?

Harvest 79

Harvest Harvester Harvesting Orchard 79

Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Mijenta grows agave without pesticides or herbicides. They practice biodynamic agriculture to encourage biodiversity and cultivate successful vineyards without pesticides or herbicides. The brewery is located on a small but busy farm with apple orchards, market gardens, two greenhouses, an apiary, and a flock of chickens.

Beverage 115

Beverage Ecology Cultivation Compost 115

Food Environment and Reporting Network

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. Will it work?

Farming 52

Farming Farming Orchard Acre 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

JANUARY 11, 2023

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. Will it work?

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 21, 2022

By Rowan Jacobsen , July 24, 2019 An unhealthy alliance between almonds and honeybees By Paige Embry , June 20, 2019 In January, with the almond bloom in California’s orchards a month away, beekeepers across the country were fretting over their hives. Herbicides and habitat loss have destroyed the bees’ forage. Will it work?

Orchard 52

Orchard Acre Pesticide Farming 52

RR2CS

MARCH 8, 2022

They also want to create access for community members to grow their own food and forage for wild foods. We weren’t going to use fungicides, herbicides, nor pesticides — partly for the health of the land and the diversity of the ecosystem, and partly for our own health. We’re growing peas and oats to bring nitrogen back into the soil.

Farming 52

Farming Farming Forage Seeding 52