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Carbon Robotics LaserWeeders kill weeds among specialty row crops such as baby spinach, broccoli, kale, carrots, lettuce, cilantro, and onions. As you can see in the photos, weeds can’t compete with crops when Carbon Robotics patrols the fields. Source: Laserweeding … Continue reading →

Homeless woman with all of her possessions in a shopping cart just stopped on the side of a highway and carefully picked up a butterfly and carried it very carefully 10 ft off the road talking to it in Spanish, … Continue reading →

Source: New study finds little-known toxic crop chemical in four out of five people tested “EWG’s new study on chlormequat is the first of its kind in the U.S.,” said EWG Toxicologist Alexis Temkin, Ph.D, lead author of the study. … Continue reading →

Pablo Castelló and Francisco Santiago-Ávila NSW has recently begun the aerial killings of 14,000 feral horses in Kosciuszko in the name of protecting biodiversity. But why should conserving native species diversity take precedence over other inherently valuable expressions of animal … Continue reading →

Meredith Stevenson, Staff Attorney, Center for Food Safety mstevenson@centerforfoodsafety.org Source: Federal Court Halts Spraying of Monsanto’s Dicamba Pesticide Across Millions of Acres of Cotton, Soybeans Center for Food Safety and the Center for Biological Diversity Rock! Spread the Good News … Continue reading →

In a study published in Nature Medicine, U.K. researchers linked growth hormone treatments to the development of Alzheimer’s. Dementia experts shared input on the findings. Source: Alzheimer’s disease found to be transmitted through medical procedures decades ago, study finds But … Continue reading →

Flying mammals are a boon to U.S. economy Those bats in the belfry are worth billions. By keeping insect pests in check, bats save U.S. farmers as much as $53 b Source: Billion-dollar Bats Do you think that the pesticide … Continue reading →

Source: https://phys-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/phys.org/news/2024-01-western-honey-bee-food-intestinal.amp?amp_gsa=1&amp_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQIUAKwASCAAgM%3D#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17061351630754&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews%2F2024-01-western-honey-bee-food-intestinal.html Bacteria have adapted to all terrestrial environments. Some have evolved to survive in the gut of animals, where they play an important role for their host; they provide energy by degrading indigestible food, they train and regulate the … Continue reading →

Center for Biological Diversity: Pesticide Use on Crops Grown in Refuges Spikes in California, Oregon, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland Source: Analysis: 490,000 Pounds of Toxic Pesticides Sprayed on National Wildlife Refuges Our wildlife refuges, our national parks, and in many cases … Continue reading →

Source: Study shows western honey bee synthesizes food for its intestinal bacteria By measuring metabolites in the gut, the scientists discovered that the bee synthesizes multiple acids (citric acid, malic acid, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid, etc.) that are exported into the gut … Continue reading →