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News bites, April 2018

...going through 70,000 gallons a day — to ecological — buying malt from salmon-safe farms in the area and conducting deliveries by hand truck. (Seattle Met) Treating honeybees The Varroa...

...going through 70,000 gallons a day — to ecological — buying malt from salmon-safe farms in the area and conducting deliveries by hand truck. (Seattle Met) Treating honeybees The Varroa...

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Mycology pioneer Paul Stamets studies a buzzy idea for saving the bees

Noted mycologist Paul Stamets is collaborating with Washington State University researchers to study how mushroom extracts might protect endangered honeybees. Noted mycologist Paul Stamets is collaborating with Washington State University [...]

Noted mycologist Paul Stamets is collaborating with Washington State University researchers to study how mushroom extracts might protect endangered honeybees. Noted mycologist Paul Stamets is collaborating with Washington State University [...]

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Sound Consumer, March 2014

...· Honeybees sniff out drugs? · Probiotics prevent colic in babies? · Food companies cut calories · Diet soda decline · Non-GMO Grape-Nuts · Monsanto hot spots Supreme Court to...

...· Honeybees sniff out drugs? · Probiotics prevent colic in babies? · Food companies cut calories · Diet soda decline · Non-GMO Grape-Nuts · Monsanto hot spots Supreme Court to...

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Sound Consumer, December 2013

...ag · Diesel disorients honeybees LA considers banning GE · Nut thefts continue · Modern wheat different? · “Camel of crops” gains popularity · B.C. sardine fishery collapses · DDT...

...ag · Diesel disorients honeybees LA considers banning GE · Nut thefts continue · Modern wheat different? · “Camel of crops” gains popularity · B.C. sardine fishery collapses · DDT...

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Soil & Sea: reports from our producers

Learn about new tiny tags to track salmon, recommendations for honeybee protection in Washington, genetically engineered pine trees and more. ...resulting in unknown consequences for forests. Restoring habitat is the [...]

Learn about new tiny tags to track salmon, recommendations for honeybee protection in Washington, genetically engineered pine trees and more. ...resulting in unknown consequences for forests. Restoring habitat is the [...]

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Are there bee-killing pesticides in your garden?

"Bee-friendly" garden plants sold by Home Depot, Lowe's and other top garden retailers around the country contain neonicotinoid pesticides that can poison bees. ...Oregon when the neonic pesticide dinotefuran was [...]

"Bee-friendly" garden plants sold by Home Depot, Lowe's and other top garden retailers around the country contain neonicotinoid pesticides that can poison bees. ...Oregon when the neonic pesticide dinotefuran was [...]

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Gardens for the bees

I used to think of my work as growing organic food for humans. These days I prefer to consider the whole effort as growing food for bees. Feeding humans is [...]

I used to think of my work as growing organic food for humans. These days I prefer to consider the whole effort as growing food for bees. Feeding humans is [...]

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Soil & Sea: reports from our producers

Are honeybees good pollinators? How is India growing record rice yields without GMOs? Learn the answers and more. Scientists are reporting that honeybees are not necessarily the best pollinators. A [...]

Are honeybees good pollinators? How is India growing record rice yields without GMOs? Learn the answers and more. Scientists are reporting that honeybees are not necessarily the best pollinators. A [...]

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News bites, November 2012

Organic food sales, Ag money in politics, Long-term GMO risks, and more ...to light and flying at night. There’s no treatment but researchers are inviting Northwest beekeepers and the public [...]

Organic food sales, Ag money in politics, Long-term GMO risks, and more ...to light and flying at night. There’s no treatment but researchers are inviting Northwest beekeepers and the public [...]

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Baking with natural sweeteners

Different sugars have different qualities and effects in recipes. Here’s advice on natural sweeteners and choices in baking substitutions.

Different sugars have different qualities and effects in recipes. Here’s advice on natural sweeteners and choices in baking substitutions.

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Letters to the editor, May 2013

Urban beekeeping, PCC's GE fish ban, Humanely raised eggs, and more ...do not treat honeybees as flying cattle. Finally, consumers should buy honey from trusted local beekeepers, or from natural [...]

Urban beekeeping, PCC's GE fish ban, Humanely raised eggs, and more ...do not treat honeybees as flying cattle. Finally, consumers should buy honey from trusted local beekeepers, or from natural [...]

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Sowing seeds of gratitude

...dioxide and provide wildlife habitat. Snags are attractive to nesting birds and conifers provide propolis (a natural antibiotic, antiviral substance) for honeybees. “I’m not looking for reasons to give up....

...dioxide and provide wildlife habitat. Snags are attractive to nesting birds and conifers provide propolis (a natural antibiotic, antiviral substance) for honeybees. “I’m not looking for reasons to give up....

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News bites, April 2014

Fluoride classed as neurotoxin, Coffee for hydration?, Argentina stops Monsanto, and more ...Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive have made recent commitments to start phasing out microbeads from their products. [...]

Fluoride classed as neurotoxin, Coffee for hydration?, Argentina stops Monsanto, and more ...Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive have made recent commitments to start phasing out microbeads from their products. [...]

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Celebrating Spring

The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970. Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, created a bipartisan "national teach-in on the environment" and promoted it widely [...]

The first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970. Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, created a bipartisan "national teach-in on the environment" and promoted it widely [...]

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Our co-op community

...This nonprofit’s mission is to save threatened honeybees through local habitat restoration, hive relocation, and public education. PCC Edmonds is donating auction prizes to this event, so make sure to...

...This nonprofit’s mission is to save threatened honeybees through local habitat restoration, hive relocation, and public education. PCC Edmonds is donating auction prizes to this event, so make sure to...