Pacific U.S. Agriculture & Chemicals Newsletter
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A Kona success story: McCann Farms
18 May 2024 11:39 GMT
… members of their Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group.
The … irrigation system and apply fertilizers when needed. On Fridays … , May 21: The Hawaii Invasive Species Mini Conference webinar … org/Conference-2024.
Farmer direct markets
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California paraquat ban moves forward
17 May 2024 23:40 GMT
… United States.
Several thousand farmers, agricultural workers and others are … make their jobs safer,” California Assemblymember Laura Friedman said. … (EPA) in restricting chemicals that have been associated … link paraquat exposure from pesticidal use of US …
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Newsom boosted California's public health spending during COVID. Now he wants to cut it
17 May 2024 17:48 GMT
… blood draws, and local pest control workers began fumigating the … climate change, or surveying farmworkers to identify their health … control agency to spray pesticides and deployed 29 … Mike McGuire, a Northern California Democrat.
Public health officials …
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"97% of fruits and vegetables tested in California are free of illegal pesticide residues"
17 May 2024 13:26 GMT
… The department's 2022 California Pesticide Residue Monitoring Annual Report includes … distribution centers, and roadside and farmers markets. Samples include imported and … by scientists at California Department of Food and Agriculture laboratories and …
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Farm profit: New data reveals regional differences
17 May 2024 09:44 GMT
… s 2022 Census of Agriculture, Farm Futures averaged weighted … made some typically lucrative California regions less profitable.
… interests.
Fatka also suggests farmers look locally for opportunities … stable alternative to commercial fertilizer.
Flowing in more …
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Southern California Releasing Thousands of Mosquitoes
17 May 2024 02:49 GMT
… used by the California Department of Food and Agriculture to control … Prevention in 2006. Southern California officials aim to...
A … Prevention in 2006. Southern California officials aim to curb the … are resistant to common pesticides and often lay their …
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Inside One Family's Mission to Revive an Abandoned Appalachian Trout Farm
16 May 2024 23:01 GMT
… antibiotics, oxygen monitors, or chemical additives. Impoundments are gravity … farming internship with Rogue Farm Corps, based in Eugene, Oregon. … were made to the farmhouse and outbuildings. Pipes … calls to agricultural extension agents and trout farmers in …
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California is home to six of the 10 most polluted cities in the US
16 May 2024 17:48 GMT
… vehicle emissions, intensive agricultural uses and factory emission … farming, forest management, agricultural waste burning and road dust.
Eugene, Oregon … stoves and diesel engines.
California's Bay … fluoride, a common pesticide for termites and ants …
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'Multinational companies have poisoned the planet with forever chemicals in pursuit of profits'
16 May 2024 13:22 GMT
… corporation developed indestructible, carcinogenic chemicals and used them in so … They are called “forever chemicals” because they never break down … by a West Virginian farmer who lost 190 cows … flew from Minnesota to California to consult world-leading …
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Glydways Closes Strategic Investments from Japanese Industrial Giants Suzuki Motor Corporation, ENEOS Holdings, and Mitsui Chemicals
15 May 2024 18:32 GMT
… Chemicals, Inc.
Glydways is currently working on two separate projects in Northern California … /
About Mitsui Chemicals
Mitsui Chemicals'; roots can … raw material for chemical fertilizers from coal gas … to increasing agricultural productivity, a major …