Agriculture

Committee Moves Bayer And Pesticide Makers Closer To Protections From Suits

"A group of US lawmakers failed on Tuesday to beat back a provision in a congressional appropriations bill that would help protect pesticide makers from being sued and could hinder state efforts to warn about risks of pesticide products."

Source: The New Lede, 07/28/2025
August 7, 2025

Webinar: Cows, Carbon and the Climate Beat With Mike Grunwald & Jenny Splitter

In this Food and Farming Journalism Network/Sentient Media webinar, SEJ members Grunwald and Splitter will explore why cows and land dominate the climate math, how to report on potential solutions like regenerative agriculture and cultivated meat, and when to mention the tradeoffs. Noon ET.

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Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices: Report

"Extreme weather has stoked food prices around the world in recent years and could lead to more political instability and inflation, with the world’s poor bearing most of the economic pain and health impacts, according to new research."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2025

"After Devastating Winter Losses, Another Threat Looms for U.S. Beekeepers"

"Every January, Charles Linder travels from Illinois to Idaho to retrieve thousands of bee hives from a temperature-controlled storage facility. He loads boxes of hives onto a semi truck headed west for almond season, the first of many stops his bees will make on a cross-country pollination tour. But two winters ago, Mr. Linder opened those boxes and discovered that around 90 percent of his bees were dead."

Source: NYTimes, 07/21/2025

"White House Says MAHA Won't Restrict Pesticide Use"

"Trump administration officials say the White House has no plans to crack down on pesticides in farming, despite a report led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that called crop protection chemicals a danger to people’s health."

Source: Politico, 07/21/2025

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