Posts Tagged ‘pesticides’
Healthy fields, happy farmers – drones deliver sustainability: Episode 140
Where’s the future of food production? You might want to look to the sky. In this episode of the Food Bullying podcast, Nicole and Michele chat with Sarah Hovinga of Bayer Crop Science in California and Bryan Sanders of HSE-UAV in Washington about how precision agriculture is transforming farming. According to Sanders, drones REDUCE 1)…
Read MoreThe gluten lie: Episode 130
The gluten-free market is valued at over two billion dollars. RDN and farmer Heidi Wells asks if so many people really need to avoid this protein?
Read MoreSouthern belles, soil health, & sustainability: Episode 126
She may sound like a southern belle, but farmer and mom Wendy Yeager talks sustainability and soil health like a pro. She overcomes myths for dietitians and consumers about GMOs, pesticides, and crop diversity in this episode of the Food Bullying podcast.
Read MoreBig bad agriculture: a transparent look at their science & safety
The biggest misconception about my work is that agriculture companies place pesticides or biotech products on the market without testing them for safety. The fact is that agriculture is one of the most strictly regulated and thoroughly investigated industries in the world. Agriculture companies must strictly follow local and international regulatory guidelines and conduct hundreds of safety studies before launching a product.
Read MoreSeparating fact from fiction in food & farming: Episode 118
Grocery store costs are crazy, but what costs have gone up on farms? Are fields sprayed with “such harsh pesticides” that workers can’t enter the fields? Is hydroponic farming the wave of the future when it comes to leafy greens? Should you be worried about lead in soil? Michele helps Nicole separate fact from fiction on these topics and more.
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