August 2010
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La Isla Foundation Achieves Phase 1 of Strategic...
Dear Friends of La Isla Foundation, We’re happy to announce that we have recently completed Phase 1 of our strategic plan. The focus of this phase was to produce studies that would provide a set of data from which we can formulate an effective strategy that addresses this evolving public health and humanitarian crisis. During this time we also implemented infrastructural, educational...
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Urge EPA to ban endosulfan now, not in six years
From Pesticide Action Network - - -
In June, we celebrated when EPA agreed that endosulfan is too dangerous to use, and the U.S. would join the 60+ other countries that have already banned the persistent, toxic chemical. Now we the agency has announced its plan to let some users keep spraying the antiquated chemical for up to six more years.
Sign PAN’s petition today telling EPA that six...
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Defining and Measuring Sustainability: Still An...
Yesterday morning at Sustainable Agricultural Partnerships 2010, Sylvain Cuperlier, VP of Worldwide Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability for Dole, set the tone for the day by asking What are the priorities in sustainable agriculture?
Of course, the answer was simple: it depends who you are, where you are, and what you produce. Other panel sessions drew equally nebulous conclusions....