Cornucopia’s Take: While we often hear about honeybee colony collapse and the death of wild bees, this new study shows that more species of bees ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Hedgerows, or biodiversity plantings, increase habitat for wildlife like pollinators and insects that prey on crop pests, prevent soil erosion, and help prevent ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Like the rest of the country, Vermont has seen incredible rises in the use of pesticides, including glyphosate, on its farms. The state ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has restricted the use of glyphosate and other herbicides to safeguard soil microbial activity, water, and human ...
Cornucopia’s Take: Despite the agency’s own findings of likely harm to endangered species, Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency approved Monsanto’s XtendiMax pesticide. Further, the EPA refused ...
Cornucopia’s Take: A healthy balance of omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids in our diet is essential to human health. Too much omega-6 in the equation ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a lawsuit to learn what the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service know ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The Arkansas Plant Board is unusual in its independence: appointments are not made by government and the board is not riddled with corporate ...
Cornucopia’s Take: A new review of 200 studies shows that neonicotinoids and fipronil, the two most popular types of pesticides do surprisingly little to improve ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The study, linked below, notes that the families most likely to purchase organic food are people with higher income and educations or lower-income ...
Cornucopia’s Take: The President’s budget proposal for 2019 is unlikely to be adopted as written, but it shows clearly where the administration’s loyalties lie. The ...
Cornucopia’s Take: This study reports that between 25 and 41% of the smog-producing nitrogen oxide in California’s Central Valley comes from crop fertilizers. This is ...
