The As You Sow report rated each company on 27 key elements of risk reduction, such as public transparency on pesticide use, identifying and reducing high-risk pesticides, and requiring suppliers ...

Over the last 12 years, he has started reducing his pesticide use and increasing the diversity of crops he plants. "It was just a vicious circle. We looked ahead and thought it's not going to get ...

“We can take an individual approach, but it is on a population basis that people are being exposed to pesticides and other factors. “Action to reduce insecticide exposure is needed, so that if ...

The results provide a roadmap for reducing pesticide loads in soils and the first steps towards increasing climate change mitigation while improving crop yield in grasslands. In two studies ...

In addition, crop residues can pose a health hazard to any buyer and farm worker. Reducing pesticide use while maintaining agricultural yields is a complex challenge that demands innovative solutions.

Seventeen major food manufacturers earned an average grade of F for their lack of progress in reducing pesticides in the products they sell, according to a new analysis by As You Sow, a nonprofit ...