Tell the EPA to Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides!

You can tell by the topics I am covering this week that I am in farm mode :-) but these issues are very important to our family and ideally, they should be to everyone who eats. Bees are another important creature to the basic survival of our food system and pesticides are destroying them. The video below is of a beekeeper:

Get involved!

Thanks to FRESH for sharing this information.

[1] Researchers Find “Alarming” Decline in Bumblebees

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12545468

[2]“Nicotine Bees” Population Restored With Neonicotinoids Ban

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/nicotine-bees-population-restored-with-neonicotinoids-ban.php

[3]EPA Leaked memo

http://www.panna.org/sites/default/files/Memo_Nov2010_Clothianidin.pdf


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