Hello Darkness, My Old Friend – Non-Selective Chemicals Have the Power to Kill

On April 27, host Terri Wilke will discuss the dicamba drift lawsuit with Paul Johnson and Rob Faux.  Paul Johnson is an organic farmer and the lobbyist/policy analyst for the Kansas Rural Center (KRC) which is working on local food systems, water, environment and noxious weed law. Rob Faux is a diversified vegetable and poultry producer in northeast Iowa.  He is also the Communications Associate in Iowa for  Pesticide Action Network (PAN).   He has been involved in work sponsored by PAN that includes their drift catcher citizen science project and is working to educate sprayers regarding specialty crops and to develop resources for those who have been subjected to pesticide drift. https://kansasruralcenter.org/ http://www.panna.org/ In February 2020, a U.S. jury's decision awarded a Missouri peach farmer over $265 million in compensation for years of crop losses as a result of drifting Dicamba weed killer. Dicamba is  produced by Monsanto, which Bayer acquired in 2018.  Dicamba kills plants, whether they are desired crops or otherwise.  Dicamba is a highly volatile chemical that drifts away from the place of its application, causing damage to plants other than those it was applied on. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/17/victory-farmers-jury-awards-grower-265-million-damages-drift-monsantos-dicamba Our show will discuss how to address chemical damage in…