Maintaining a Delicate Balance

Joanna 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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Joanna Lidback

Joanna Lidback volunteers as a board member for the Global Farmer Network, ndipo yazindikirika ndi GFN ngati a 2021 Kleckner Mphotho ya Global Farm Leadership wolandila mphotho. Iye ndi mlimi wa mkaka, Chief Financial Officer, mlangizi wa bizinesi, ndi amayi, ndi mkazi. Joanna ndi mwamuna wake ali ndi famu yomwe ili ku Wheeler Mountain ku Northeast Kingdom ku Vermont, USA. Ndi gulu la ng'ombe 80 za Holsteins ndi Jerseys, kumene amawetanso malo awoawo ndi kukhala ndi kagulu kakangâ€™ono ka ngâ€™ombe. Joanna ndi CFO ku ADK Farms, kumene amasamalira 7,500 ng'ombe zamkaka ndi woyang'anira 8,000 maekala a nthaka. Ndiyenso mlangizi wamkulu ku Adirondack Management Services, kuphunzitsa 10 mafamu ena a mkaka kuti akwaniritse zolinga zawo.