Hi

There may be some interest in this action taken by the Cooperative Group in
Britain to temporarily ban the use of 8 named neonicotinoid pesticides in
crops used for its own brand food:

http://www.co-operative.coop/ethicsinaction/takeaction/planbee/what-The-Co-o
perative-is-doing-for-bees/


The Cooperative is Britain's fifth largest food retailer, with 8% of the
market and over 3,000 outlets.  It also farms over 70,000 acres of land,
making it the largest farmer in the UK

Here is slant immediately put on the action by one left leaning UK
newspaper:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jan/28/bees-coop-pesticide

Regards

Mike Rowbottom


HARROGATE
North Yorkshire
UK

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