- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: September 27, 2010
Lindsay Lohan isn't the only one trying to rehabilitate a tarnished reputation. When the federal government announced funding to support specialty crops last week, $180,000 was awarded to the Watsonville-based Alliance for Food and Farming to "correct the public’s misconceptions about pesticide residues," according to a post on the California Watch blog.
The group aims to generate more balanced media reporting and change the public perception about the safety of produce when it comes to pesticide residues.
Not everyone is happy about the funding allocation. A spokesman for the Environmental Working Group...
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