Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 6, 2009. Bees teach us how to live our life in a way that by taking what we need from the world around us, we leave the world better than we found it.
Adam Federman, Earth Island Journal. September 15, 2009. Not only do bumblebees pollinate about 15 percent of our food crops (valued at $3 billion), they also occupy a critical role as native pollinators.
Danielle Ivory, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. August 24, 2009. One of the nation's most widely-used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water.
Robin Marantz Henig, OnEarth Magazine. June 19, 2009. Scientists are closing in on an inescapable conclusion: Pesticides may be a cause of Parkinson's disease.
Evaggelos Vallianatos, TruthOut.org. April 16, 2009. The chemicals we use in industrial agriculture cause brain damage to the bees, making it often impossible for them to find their way home.
M.B. Pell, Jillian Olsen, The Center for Public Integrity. February 2, 2009. A growing number of pets are dying from flea and tick treatments because of a dangerous pesticide.
Daniel Pepper, AlterNet. August 2, 2008. In places like India, backlash is increasing against the chemical-dependent farming techniques of the "Green Revolution."
Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Christian Science Monitor. June 25, 2008. Farm runoff creates "dead zones" offshore, but no national authority is tasked to address them.
Christopher Weber, ColorLines. June 12, 2008. Pesticides aren't just an agricultural issue. They are being used in cities too, with toxic results for residents.
Will Allen, AlterNet. June 6, 2008. The question about the real price of food should be rephrased: Is it worth sending cheap, poisonous food to the starving masses?
