by Alexis Luckey | Aug 28, 2017 | Blogs, BPA
By Patricia Patterson, Policy Advocacy Intern The first time I learned about food stamps, I was six years old and starting the first grade in a new state. Our family, having just moved from Pennsylvania to North Carolina, was gradually becoming accustomed to the...
by Alexis Luckey | Jul 21, 2017 | Blogs, Farmworkers, Indigenous rights
By Patricia Patterson, Policy Advocacy Intern Just twenty minutes outside of Raleigh, North Carolina is a white house with blue shutters, blue doors. The exterior of the house is composed of an eroding material that seems to eat at itself from the inside out. I...
by Alexis Luckey | Jul 19, 2017 | Blogs, Farmworkers
By Patricia Patterson, Policy Advocacy Intern In December of 2016, Gina McCarthy—the former administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA—delivered a letter to the current administration of the EPA, petitioning a delay in the...
by Alexis Luckey | Jun 26, 2017 | Farmworkers, NC Pesticide Board Meetings, News
Notes by Patricia Patterson, Policy Advocacy Intern, Toxic Free NC In attendance: Dr. Rick Langley (Chairman); Dr. Allen Scarborough (Vice Chairman); Dr. Colleen Hudak-Wise; Dr. Benson Kirkman; Mr. Don Rogers; Mr. Shawn Harding; Mr. Pat Jones (Substitute for the...
by Alexis Luckey | Jun 20, 2017 | Beekeepers, Blogs, Pollinators
By Patricia Patterson, Toxic Free NC Policy Advocacy Intern In July of 2015, among growing concern for pollinator populations and the need for growers and beekeepers to communicate more effectively about pesticide application, the North Carolina Department of...
