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Waitrose's toxic gardening section: supermarkets need to stop normalising synthetic pesticides
Why is Waitrose still selling #pesticides when they made a big show of removing glyphosate from their shelves in 2016? The gardening...
May 15, 20213 min read
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Our petition to make Cambridge pesticide-free has 388 signatures!
Many thanks to everyone who has signed and shared our petition to make #Cambridge#pesticide free. We now have 388 signatures but still...
May 15, 20211 min read
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Seasonal aisle in Sainsbury's: chocolate eggs, santas and pesticides
What a reflection of the warped relationship between humans and 'nature' when the gardening shelves in supermarkets consist mainly of...
May 14, 20211 min read
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Herbicide spraying on verges in Newnham, Cambridge
Today we're focusing on recent glyphosate herbicide spraying in the #Newnham area, one of the most beautiful parts of #Cambridge, close...
May 13, 20212 min read
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Herbicide spraying season has began in Cambridge
Prominent yellow strips like these ones on Perne/Mowbray road are appearing all over #Cambridge. Such signs of #glyphosate-based...
May 12, 20211 min read
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Wasps are not useless! Please don't poison them.
Recent research demonstrates without a doubt that wasps are as essential to #biodiversity as #bees are. Unfortunately for the #wasps, as...
Apr 30, 20211 min read
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PFC - Cambridge Friends of the Earth meeting, 29 Jan 2021: Hauxton Bayer factory site
PFC meeting with Cambridge Friends of the Earth to discuss the alleged contamination of the Cam through runoff via the Riddy stream...
Jan 29, 20211 min read
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PFC Petition launched, 13 Jan 2021
PFC launched our petition to City Council to Commit to phasing out all synthetic, non-agricultural pesticides - including both herbicides...
Jan 13, 20211 min read
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Welcome to Pesticide-Free Cambridge
We are so excited to be launching our Pesticide-Free Cambridge campaign, in association with PAN UK's Pesticide-Free Towns. We hope you...
Oct 19, 20201 min read
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