by Alexis Luckey | May 17, 2016 | Beekeepers, Pollinators
Help us support North Carolina’s beekeepers, farmers, and others that MUST Keep the Hive Alive! Bees and beekeepers across the U.S. and the world are in trouble. Once again, beekeepers reported an unsustainable colony loss at 44% for 2015-2016. While there are...
by Alexis Luckey | May 11, 2016 | NC Pesticide Board Meetings
Board members present: Dr. Colleen Hudak-Wise, Dr. Ricky Langley (Chair), Dr. Thomas Scarborough (Vice-Chair), Shawn Harding, Don Rodgers, Dr. W. Benson Kirkman The NC Pesticide Board met on May 10th, 2016 with an extremely full agenda of settlement agreements. The...
by Alexis Luckey | May 3, 2016 | Farmworkers, Flame retardants, News, Newsletters
Toxic Free NC’s has a new Executive Director! We are excited to announce that Program Manager, Dylan Williams, will be taking over as Executive Director on June 1st of this year! Stay tuned for an open letter from him in the coming weeks, but for now here’s a quick...
by Alexis Luckey | Apr 5, 2016 | Beekeepers, News, Pollinators
Toxic Free NC is proud to announce its support for the Keep the Hive Alive Tour, scheduled to start June 2016! This beekeeper-led tour, spanning six cities across the US (including Raleigh, NC), will expose the issues facing beekeepers in the US today, how regulatory...
by Alexis Luckey | Mar 24, 2016 | Newsletters
Got Food? Thank a Farmworker! Celebrate the 17th Annual National Farmworker Awareness Week Today kicks off National Farmworker Awareness week, which goes from March 24 – March 31! It is an exceptional opportunity to create awareness around issues that farmworkers...
