They Listened: Organics and CBD Get Boost in Farm Bill

Plus, poison provisions removed from final bill. Action Alert! The last few weeks of 2018 have seen some rapid developments for the Farm Bill, the huge piece of legislation that gets passed every four years and allocates almost a billion dollars over ten years. For natural health advocates, there are some good provisions in the… Continue reading They Listened: Organics and CBD Get Boost in Farm Bill

Banned for Use in War, But OK for Our Crops

Apparently the Geneva Convention doesn’t protect against use in domestic agriculture. Action Alert! Researchers who recently examined studies sponsored by Dow Chemical and used by the EPA to approve chlorpyrifos, a type of insecticide, found inaccuracies in what the company reported to the agency. Worse, there is also evidence that EPA scientists pointed out these… Continue reading Banned for Use in War, But OK for Our Crops

Fungi Could Be Next Big Threat to Human Health

Another class of medically important medicines is in danger of becoming ineffective—and they’re harder to make than antibiotics. Action Alert!   We’ve been telling you about the scourge of antibiotic resistance—when the overuse of antibiotics by doctors and factory farms causes bacteria to become resistant to drugs. Unfortunately, we’re heading down the same road with… Continue reading Fungi Could Be Next Big Threat to Human Health