Abstract 'Phase-out'is increasingly mobilised in research and policymaking as an approach
to catalyse the gradual decline of technologies, substances and practices that compromise …

Many sustainability challenges, such as contamination of air, water, and soil or climate
change, can be traced back to specific polluting substances (eg, mercury), technologies (eg …

The world's population grows yearly, so increasing food production is necessary, to meet
consumer demands. This production must be clean; thus, sustainable agriculture seems to …

Agrifood scholars have long investigated the relationship between farm size and a wide
variety of social and ecological outcomes. Yet neither this scholarship nor the extensive …

Pollinator declines and dependence on insect pollination, particularly in fruit and vegetable
crops, creates a pressing need to understand growers' interactions with pollinators and …

Background: Children are especially vulnerable to pesticide exposure and can suffer lasting
health effects. Because children of farmworkers are exposed to a variety of pesticides …

As part of a USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative project to enhance biological control
(BC) in western US orchard systems, we surveyed walnut growers in California and pear …

The world's population grows yearly, so increasing food production is necessary, to meet
consumer demands. This production must be clean; thus, sustainable agriculture seems to …

We conducted a discrete-choice experiment using direct and indirect valuation to determine
the value apple and pear growers place on environmental features when choosing …

The plum curculio, Conotrachelus nenuphar Herbst (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an insect
native to the Americas that is a serious pest of stone and pome fruits in the United States and …