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Agriculture
Farmworker groups march to pressure Wendy’s on Fair Food Program
Florida migrant farmworkers and their allies will march from New York to Florida next month to call attention to working conditions in the fields; the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Alliance for Fair Food...
EPA considering pesticide protections for farmworkers
A 23-year-old law, the Agriculture Worker Protection Standard (WPS), is being updated to enhance protections for people exposed to toxic agricultural pesticides; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is also proposing a ban on the neurotoxic pesticide chlorpyrifos for use...
In Florida harvest most farmworkers will be migrants
In Florida, peak harvest season for many of the state’s most important fruits and vegetables is approaching — during the fall, winter and spring; that means a spike in demand for seasonal farmworkers. Many of...
On today’s WMNF 88.5 FM Sustainable Living program we talked about two events involving sustainable food and local students taking place in the next couple of weeks. The Temple Terrace Farm 2 School is teaming...
Fair Food Program expanding outside Florida
Florida tomato harvesters are celebrating that a labor agreement they hashed out with growers is spreading to other states; the Fair Food Program began as a deal between the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and tomato...
Update on citrus greening in Florida
Officials in Miami-Dade County are dealing with an infestation of the Asian fruit fly; it has not spread beyond Miami-Dade, but citrus growers through the whole state still face another issue: citrus greening. To find...
East Hillsborough residents say pesticides from nearby farms are making them sick
Today on Midpoint, we talk with a group of women from the Dover and Thonotosassa area in Hillsborough county, who claim pesticides sprayed over nearby farms have been making them and their families sick. Over...
Polk County citrus farmer cautiously optimistic about Oriental fruit fly
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said in a news release Tuesday there is an Oriental fruit fly infestation in Miami-Dade County. Officials have declared a state of emergency because the fly could potentially attack hundreds...
New pesticides pose risks to environment and farmworkers
New pesticides pose risks to environment and farmworkers
The Fairness Doctrine tackles plastic shopping bag use, and the legacy of pollution at Lake Apopka
The Fairness Doctrine tackles plastic shopping bag use, and the legacy of pollution at Lake Apopka
Montana's alternative food movement, a NOVA documentary on sinkholes, and a film about the Child Welfare System on today's Radioactivity
Fresh Market grocery chain joins CIW’s Fair Food Program
Fresh Market grocery chain joins CIW's Fair Food Program
