Please join the Tick IPM Working Group for the third annual Tick Academy. The Tick Academy is the premier event for researchers, educators, students, public health professionals, pest control professionals,… Read more »
Author: Thomas Green
EPA’s Strategic Plan Includes an Unprecedented Investment in Taking Decisive Action to Advance Environmental Justice and Civil Rights
EPA Region 5, based in Chicago, is soon going to be hiring people to join us in meeting this commitment. This work calls for scientific capacity to help the Agency… Read more »
Field to Market and USDA-NRCS Announce Renewed MOU to Advance Science-Based Sustainability Measurement
Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) renewing a partnership to integrate… Read more »
Green Shield Certified Launches Sustainable Landscaping Standards
GSC for Landscapes expands sustainable pest control certification and evaluation services to outdoor spaces. Madison, Wisconsin, May 3, 2022 – This May, the sustainable standard for premium pest protection, Green Shield Certified (GSC), will… Read more »
More Consumers Want to Avoid Pesticide Exposure in Their Food and Lawn Care Products
Survey results from the family-owned company One Degree Organic Foods revealed that the majority of North Americans try to limit their pesticide exposure, both in the foods they buy (69%) and… Read more »
Pesticide Approval System to be Revamped, According to EPA
On Tuesday, April 11, EPA released its first-ever workplan to protect endangered species from pesticides. This comprehensive plan, EPA says, meets at the intersection of opportunity and obligation in the Endangered Species… Read more »
How Illinois’ ‘Fragmented System’ of Monitoring Pesticide Exposure ‘Allows Individuals to get Poisoned Over and Over Without Any Brakes’
The farmworkers flocked to the two emergency rooms in Urbana, Illinois, the night of Aug. 5, 2019, their kids in tow. Numbering about 20, their skin had rashes, their eyes… Read more »
Learn about IPM from the Entomological Society of America and Green Shield Certified!
Hear how training your staff in integrated pest management can improve the effectiveness of your sustainable pest control programs on April 27th from 10 – 11 AM CST. Green Shield… Read more »
Interview with Dr. Bobby Corrigan
Dr. Claudia Riegel will interview Dr. Bobby Corrigan about his career in pest management and urban rodentology. This will be a personal look at his life and his career. The… Read more »
Registration now open for AppleTalk!
Are you an apple grower in the upper Midwest? Consider registering for AppleTalk! AppleTalk supports sustainable and organic apple producers with information needed to tackle tough pest management and production… Read more »