Reducing reliance on pesticides in Great Lakes Basin agriculture

By Richard A. Liroff, Michelle M. Miller Polly J. Hoppin, Michelle M. Miller

Subjects: Integrated pest management, Pesticides, Government policy, Great Lakes Region, Toxicology, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Integrated control, Agricultural pests, Water, Environmental aspects, Pollution, Great Lakes Region (North America), Environmental aspects of Pesticides, Agricultural pollution prevention

Description: This report is intended as a sourcebook of ideas for those interested in agricultural pollution prevention. For **farmers**, it offers examples of proven successes in reduced reliance on pesticides. It shows where farmers, researchers, and others have organized reduction efforts, and provides contact information. For **government policy makers**, it suggests specific ways of modifying existing programs to promote prevention, and identifies model programs that might be more widely adopted. For **citizen activists**, if presents policy tools that deserve wiser adoption and identifies forums where they can be advocated. And for **food processors and marketers**, it highlights innovative prevention efforts by individual companies that should inspire even more such programs.