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, na imetambuliwa na GFN kama a 2021 Tuzo la Kleckner kwa mpokeaji wa tuzo ya Uongozi wa Shamba Ulimwenguni. Yeye ni mfugaji wa ng'ombe wa maziwa, Afisa Mkuu wa Fedha, mshauri wa biashara, mama, na mke. Joanna na mumewe wanamiliki na kuendesha Shamba kwenye Mlima wa Wheeler katika Ufalme wa Kaskazini-mashariki wa Vermont, Marekani. Ni kundi la ng'ombe 80 wa Holsteins na Jerseys, ambapo pia wanafuga mbadala zao na kuwa na kundi dogo la ng'ombe wa nyama. Joanna ni CFO katika Mashamba ya ADK, ambapo hutunza zaidi 7,500 ng'ombe wa maziwa na msimamizi juu 8,000 ekari za ardhi. Yeye pia ni mshauri mkuu katika Huduma za Usimamizi wa Adirondack, kufundisha 10 mashamba mengine ya maziwa kufikia malengo yao wenyewe.