Farm Bureau

EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides

Food, News, Worker exploitation / January 9, 2023

See our earlier article on the Farm Bureau lobbying for kids to spray pesticides: House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children … House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at …

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Farm Bureau Promoting Hemp

Cannabis Issues, Community Rights/Rights of Nature, News / October 23, 2019

The hemp options have not been released to the public however the Planning Commission hearing is set for November 7th with the Board of Supervisors making their decision on December 16th.    Attend this FREE informational meeting to hear from hemp experts, learn about opportunities and challenges to cultivating hemp in Sonoma County, and have …

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EPA backs down from plan that could have allowed youth farmworkers to handle pesticides

Food, News, Worker exploitation / January 20, 2019

See our earlier article on the Farm Bureau lobbying for kids to spray pesticides: House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children … House Farm Bill Increases Pesticide Risks to Children, Farmworkers The House farm bill includes several proposals that would roll back key pesticide protections, putting children, farmworkers, communities and even endangered species at …

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Activists are not terrorists

Health, News / November 2, 2018

“Ag Gag Laws” paid for by the Koch brothers & ALEC to stop the public seeing abuses and bad animal husbandry has been enacted in many mid west states.  PROP 12 will help stop some of the abuses. Farm Bureau stokes the fear…..if you take care of animals you don’t need to worry. This brought to …

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