Neonic Dangers With Hardy Kern - A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach - June 10, 2024

I suspect every gardener has for years now, over and again, heard the warnings about the most widely used pesticides in the US, neonicotinoids – or neonics for short.  In 2013 the American Bird Conservancy issued a report, warning of their impact on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, and especially the ripple effect their use was having on birds. The conservancy has just issued an updated report with a telling headline: “Neonicotinoid insecticides: Failing to come to grips with a predictable environmental disaster.”  So where are we now with limiting the use of these pesticides, and what can we as citizens, and... Read More ›