Pesticide-intensive agriculture has become the default for how food is grown in the United States. Did you know agriculture uses more than one billion pounds (1,000,000,000 lb) of conventional pesticides in the US each year? Failures abound. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) biomonitoring has found pesticide residues … [continued]
If you spend any time grocery shopping, you have probably noticed a proliferation of product labels — organic, keto, vegan, “made with whole grains,” and more. Some of these labels have strict standards, some do not.
In April, General Mills set a goal to source 100% renewable electricity by 2030 as part of the RE100 global corporate initiative.
114 separate companies have committed to the Science Based Targets initiative, committing to set emissions reduction targets in line with science-based fact. The Science Based Targets initiative announced the news on Tuesday in Paris, at the currently ongoing COP21 United Nations climate negotiations. The announcement was made at the LPAA … [continued]
With bicycling becoming even more popular across the U.S — well, actually, it is starting to skyrocket — people are starting to recognize that biking is the ticket to health, mobility, freedom, and fun. While support for biking is growing throughout communities and universities as an alternative mode of … [continued]
