Maintaining a Delicate Balance

Joana Lidback, Vermont, authored “Banning neonicotinoids will put our farms and nature out of balance,” published in VTDigger news, regarding a proposed ban of neonicotinoids.

Lidback explains, “Neonicotinoids are a pioneering class of chemistry that allows farmers to use only tiny amounts of active ingredient, which is safely coated on seeds and planted. Once in the ground, they protect crops from insect attacks, especially underground insects. In this time of precision agriculture, you cannot get more precise than neonicotinoid seed coatings.”

Lidback’s piece was also included in the April 29, 2024 edition of Bonus Eventus Favorable Outcomes newsletter, and posted on Vermont Farm to Food.

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Joana Lidback

Joanna Lidback volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network, ka sa vakacaucautaki kina na GFN ena 2021 iCovi ni Kleckner me baleta na iCocovi ni iLiuliu ni iTeitei Raraba. O koya e dua na dauteitei ni loba sucu, e Dua na Vakailesilesi Liu ni Veika Vakailavo, e dua na daunivakasala ni bisinisi, e dua na tina, kei na dua na watina. O Joanna kei watina vakataki rau ka cicivaka na Farm at Wheeler Mountain ena Tokalau ni Matanitu o Vermont, Amerika. Oqori e dua na 80 na bulumakau nei Holsteins kei Jerseys, na vanua era susuga cake kina na nodra isosomi ka ra taukena e dua na bulumakau lailai. Joanna e CFO mai na ADK Farms, na vanua era dau qarauna kina 7,500 bulumakau tauvi sucu ka dauveiqaravi ena 8,000 eka ni qele. O koya talega na daunivakasala liu ena Tabana ni Veiqaravi ni Adirondack Management, veiivolai veisiti 10 eso tale na iteitei ni loba sucu ena kena rawati na nodra takete.