Back to Basics: GLYPHOSATE 101
In our Back To Basics Series, we start from the very beginning for those of you new to all sorts of health-related topics and make it as easy as possible to understand. In our current times of being bombarded by conflicting information, we want to bring you ways to simply understand the topics that drastically affect you, and your family’s health.
In this Part 2 of the series, CHDC President Amanda Forbes sits down with crop nutrition expert Howard Vlieger to discuss Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, the world’s most widely used herbicide.
While government health agencies push agrochemical industry talking points, there are now many studies showing that glyphosate is harmful to wildlife, pollinators and children’s health. Choosing organic food and using natural weedkillers remain the best way to avoid glyphosate. If you have questions about Howard’s glyphosate presentation after watching, please feel free to contact him directly at [email protected].
WATCH: BACK TO BASICS – GLYPHOSATE 101
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Howard Vlieger has been a “student of the soil” since 1989. He is a crop nutrition adviser and has founded two companies to help family farmers reduce their dependency on chemical-based farming and transition to biological and/or organic production. Howard now works and teaches as an independent crop nutrition advisor, helping both crop and livestock farmers all across the U.S.
Working with scientists and researchers around the world to develop effective solutions, based on the latest science, for the real-life problems farmers are experiencing because of GMO crops and glyphosate, Howard is a co-author and the primary coordinator of a first of its kind scientific study: the feeding of GMO grain and non-GMO grain to hogs for their lifetime as a meat animal. An internationally recognized speaker on the topic of GMOs, if you missed it, be sure to check out our GMOs 101 interview with Howard here.
For more information on glyphosate in Canada:
VISIT Safe Food Matters who has taken Health Canada to court over glyphosate. In Quebec, check out Vigilance OGM.
READ the “What’s In Your Lunch?” report from Environmental Defence.
WATCH the documentary film Into The Weeds by Canadian filmmaker Jennifer Baichwal and learn how to get involved and take action.
If you’re a conventional farmer looking to transition your farm to organic, Canadian Organic Growers offers many resources.
