The Minnesota House Agriculture Policy Committee will hold an informational hearing on Governor Dayton's Executive Order 16-07: Directing Steps to Reverse Decline and Restore Pollinator Health in Minnesota at 9:30 this morning.
Sources tell us that farm groups are expected to complain that they didn't have a place at the table for the development of the policy. However, our understand is that the policy is based on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture review of neo-nics and the discussions at the MDA Pollinator Summit in February. Representatives of ag groups and ag industry interests did attend the summit (we embed the list of stakeholders after the video.
Watch the archived video of the hearing here via The Uptake:
Here's the list of those who attended the summit:
MDA Pollinators Summit Stakeholders Attending & Facilitators
Knowing that the summit was taking place, why didn't those concerned about pollinator and pesticide policy attend? Did special interests anticipate special meetings rather than sound science and policy making?
Photo: Pollinators.
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