Viewpoint: Environmental trade-offs are more important than knee jerk, feel-good chemophobia — Pistachio growers make the case for paraquat

Viewpoint: Environmental trade-offs are more important than knee jerk, feel-good chemophobia — Pistachio growers make the case for paraquat

Karun Samran | Fresno Bee |
The latest errant shot at farmers is Assembly Bill 1963, authored by Asm. Laura Friedman, D-Burbank, an unnecessary and unscientific ...
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California can list glyphosate herbicide under Prop 65 as a carcinogen, following court win

Robert Rodriguez | Fresno Bee |
[Editor's note: On March 15, 2017, it was announced that glyphosate was found "not carcinogenic" by a European safety agency ...

Avoiding ugly confrontation, Maui mayor reaches agreement with Monsanto on pesticide disclosure

Fresno Bee |
Avoiding the ugly political battles that have consumed Kaua'i and the Big Island, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa reached agreement on ...
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California: Valley farmers fear ‘modified’ wording in Prop. 37

Robert Rodriguez | Fresno Bee |
The Valley's edible crops are grown without genetic engineering, but farmers here still fear a ballot initiative aimed at labeling ...