Amanda Zaluckyj
Viewpoint: Dark money and tort-lawyer-funded Environmental Working Group (EWG) launches new campaign to scare public about ‘dangerous’ pesticide spraying near schools
On Nov. 2, the EWG (the same folks behind The Dirty Dozen) launched an interactive map created to demonstrate just how ...
Viewpoint: Propaganda ring blurs science and feeds ‘toxic tort’ industry targeting Roundup and aspartame
The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) cherry picks evidence, declares something is likely, probably, or ...
Here’s why Mexico’s looming GMO corn ban could disrupt US global trade
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador published a presidential decree banning genetically modified corn in Mexicans’ diets, and ending the ...
Viewpoint: Environmental Working Group’s Dirty Dozen list of ‘pesticide soaked’ conventional fruits and vegetables contains a confession and caveat: conventional produce is healthy
The Environmental Working Group recently released it’s 2023 Dirty Dozen list. This annual propaganda allegedly ranks the fresh produce with ...
Viewpoint: Farms and judicious pesticide use pose no mortal threat to endangered butterfly, Monarch Conservation Consortium concludes
Here’s the situation. The North American monarch butterfly travels every summer to the northern United States where it breeds. Its ...
Viewpoint: LEGO’s ‘The Organic Garden’ — Exclusive promotion of organic farming provides a misleading picture of agriculture
My brothers and I loved playing with LEGOs growing up. We would make little farms and towns. We had houses ...
Viewpoint: A degree in regenerative organic agriculture at a ‘transcendental meditation’ university? What are students actually learning?
Maharishi International University offered to make me one of its referral partners for a new degree program: Regenerative Organic Agriculture. I’d ...
Why antioxidant genetically-modified purple tomatoes are considered a ‘super food’
With a couple swaps of genetic material, these purple tomatoes turn a deep purple when ripe. Why? Because they’re loaded ...
Viewpoint: EPA’s crackdown on safe-as-used atrazine weedkiller in midst of global food crisis will send grocery store prices even higher
Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency's comment period closed on its proposal to impose new restrictions on an important product for ...
Viewpoint: Can we trust corporate ‘regenerative farming’ pledges?
People latch onto words and then casually throw them around like they know what it means. The most common — ...
Viewpoint: Here’s how post-truth tactics became central to the anti-biotechnology playbook
Most of us are familiar with the propaganda aimed at glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup. For years, activists pushed ...
Viewpoint: How anti-crop chemical activists are weaponizing the Endangered Species Act to block use of safe and effective pesticides
The EPA is supposed to perform so-called biological evaluations for each and every pesticide registered under FIFRA. Practically speaking, the ...
Viewpoint: ‘Mass tort litigation is a big business’ — How litigation mills are targeting agricultural chemicals
If you were watching television in almost any U.S. market in March and April, you probably saw advertisements soliciting would-be ...
Viewpoint: Environmental Working Group’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ scaremongering — Consumers reject fear-based environmentalist disinformation
Consumers encounter so many mixed messages on produce, ranging from the Dirty Dozen‘s disinformation to the just-eat-your-veggies slogan. How do we ...
Viewpoint: USDA poised to spend $300 million to help farmers transition to organic to shore up supply chains. Here’s why that’s a bad idea for food security and the environment
[The USDA] plans on spending $300 million to help farmers transition to organic production. What?? USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack defended ...
Viewpoint: Environmental advocacy groups continue to push misinformation about non-existent honeybee crisis, distorting public policy
Given everything bees contribute to our lives, it’s not surprising that the public’s interest in pollinators has increased over time ...
Viewpoint: EU’s Farm-to-Fork policy inevitably means plowing rainforests to meet Europe’s expanding food needs
Meet the European Union’s Farm to Fork Strategy. Considered the EU’s Green New Deal, the strategy’s goal is to make the continent ...
Viewpoint: If the EPA sharply curtails herbicide atrazine, what are the environmental and economic trade-off?
Atrazine is a triazine herbicide used by American farmers to control broadleaf and grassy weeds. It’s largely used by corn ...
Viewpoint: ‘Green’ anti-pesticide activists spread misinformation about more environmentally-friendly sulfoxaflor insecticides
Sulfoxaflor is a new class of insecticides effective against certain insects that are increasingly resistant to older pesticides. The EPA ...
Viewpoint: Politicians are making a mess of regulating agricultural pesticides
In January, the New Jersey legislature enacted restrictions on most uses of neonicotinoids. The bill effectively bans about 70 percent of neonic ...
Viewpoint: Why is Neil Young portrayed as a hero for challenging Joe Rogan’s anti-vax rants while promoting crop biotechnology disinformation himself?
Neil Young doesn’t make the kind of music I enjoy. Instead I was familiar with his name because he was ...
Viewpoint: Why consumers will ignore new ‘bioengineered’ labels
The USDA’s mandatory labeling for bioengineered crops (f/k/a GMO) went into effect January 1st. But will it actually change consumer ...
Viewpoint: How European activists’ opposition to cutting edge crop technologies undermines global sustainability efforts
Well-funded non-governmental organizations (NGOs) — both in the EU and the U.S. — regularly pour millions of dollars into lobbying ...
Viewpoint: Why terms like ‘regenerative agriculture’ and ‘intensive farming’ are meaningless
Quick: What do all of these terms have in common: Regenerative agriculture. Industrial agriculture. Organic agriculture. Non-GMO agriculture. Intensive agriculture ...
Viewpoint: New York’s ‘Birds and Bees Protection Act’ targeting neonicotinoid pesticides doesn’t protect either and would hurt farmers
[Recently,] the New York legislature began advancing the Birds and Bees Protection Act. If it passes both chambers and is ...
Viewpoint: ‘Feel-good purchases’: This farmer believes the ‘regenerative agriculture movement’ is the latest fad promoting misconceptions about conventional farming
The public’s fascination with regenerative agriculture is relatively new. But many people seem to think it’s a way to “fix” ...
Viewpoint: Phase out neonicotinoids? Walmart’s new farmer mandates promote alarmist misinformation about bee health
Walmart is making two big asks from its producers. First, it’s encouraging fresh produce suppliers to “protect, restore, or establish ...
Worth the higher price tag? What benefits are you really getting when you garden using organic seeds?
Whether a seed is labeled organic or not depends on the parent plant. If the parent plant was only treated ...
