Most Top Retailers Sell Food Produced with Bee-Killing Pesticides

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By Julie Fidler

A new ‘scorecard’ report gives a failing grade to 17 out of 20 major food retailers in the United States, based on their policies and practices regarding pollinator protection, organic options, and pesticide reduction. [1]

Source: Friends of the Earth

Read: Aldi Bans Bee-Killing Neonic Pesticides on Produce

Tiffany Finck-Haynes, food futures campaigner with Friends of the Earth, said:

“U.S. food retailers must take responsibility for how the products they sell are contributing to the bee crisis.

The majority of the food sold at top U.S. food retailers is produced with pollinator-toxic pesticides. We urge all major retailers to work …read more

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