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Coalition letter Seeking Rulemaking to Modify False or Misleading Statements subsection of the Code of Federal Regulations

NASDA

Without rulemaking, we are concerned recent state actions requiring pesticide labels to carry language inconsistent with EPA safety findings will create a patchwork of false and misleading, and potentially mutually exclusive, state labels. To that end, we urge EPA to grant the state AG petition and initiate rulemaking under 7 U.S.C.

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

Civil Eats

The food system is responsible for an estimated one-third of all greenhouse gas emissions driving this crisis. 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.

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Our Best Climate Reporting of 2024

Civil Eats

At the same time, agriculture is a major contributor to the climate crisis, producing one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Civil Eats has long been committed to covering the intersection of the food system and climate change. coasts, tracing the rise of the industry and the challenges it faces in fulfilling its potential.

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You are what you eat – and what your food eats: The vital role of soil health

Sustainable Food Trust

Today, industrial farming methods are heavily dependent on monocropping practices, synthetic fertilisers and pesticides all of which harm biodiversity and soil organisms, much like how the overuse of antibiotics affects humans. Between 2016 and 2021, government subsidies from 72 countries including all countries within the EU averaged $149.2

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A Plastic Tsunami is Taking Over Farms. What Will Stop Plasticulture? 

Modern Farmer

Everything from silage wraps, tote drums, containers, plastic mulch, greenhouse sheeting and row covers have a use in modern-day agriculture, although much of it is single-use and not recyclable. million empty pesticide and fertilizer containers and nearly 300,000 empty seed and pesticide bags. Globally, 12.5

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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

Civil Eats

These synthetic polymer products have often been used to help boost yields up to 60 percent and make water and pesticide use more efficient. All told, annual greenhouse gases released from plastic production, landfilling, and incineration total 850 million tons , or 4.5 percent of global emissions. plastics policy.

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Op-Ed | Food Systems Must Change, and Change Must Be Measured

Food Tank

They produce around 30 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. We went through a two-year process, selecting 50 indicators that cover critical aspects of food systems, organized into five themes. However, we are only at the very beginning of the Countdown process.

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