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More Integrated Pest Management Please
Policy Papers
This February 2007 issue paper recommends specific actions for how Congress and USDA can increase the quantity and quality of Integrated pest management (IPM) assistance to farmers to improve air, water, soil and habitat.
America's Animal Factories: How States Fail to Prevent Pollution from Livestock Waste
Report
A report examining the environmental and health consequences of pollution from industrial livestock farms in 30 states, as well as the widely varying efforts to curtail it.
Trouble on the Farm: Growing Up with Pesticides in Agricultural Communities
Report
A report examining the disproportionate exposure to dangerous pesticides borne by children of farmers and farm workers, and the related threats to their health.
Fields of Change: A New Crop of American Farmers Finds Alternatives to Pesticides
Report
A study profiling 22 farmers from 16 states who, despite significant barriers, are switching from conventional pest management to profitable alternative agricultural practices that substantially reduce pesticide use.
Coffee, Conservation, and Commerce in the Western Hemisphere
Report
How individuals and institutions can promote ecologically sound farming and forest management in northern Latin America.

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