After years of pressure, the state this year allocated $10m to develop a pesticide notification regulation - a huge step toward transparency in agriculture.
If you want to know what's being sprayed on our fields across California, email DPR TODAY at ProjectNotify@cdpr.ca.gov, and tell them we need fully public notice NOW, not years from now.
Tell DPR we want a robust notification system that would:
- Create a fully transparent web-based system available to all without sign-ups or having to share our personal information, with an option for opt-in alerts through email or text
- Begin posting information on use of pesticides classified as Restricted Materials immediately, since farmers are already required to notify the county when planning to apply restricted pesticides
- Notify about all highly hazardous pesticides as identified by scientists and provide at least 72-hour advanced notice
- Post notification information in multiple languages, including but not limited to Spanish and commonly spoken Indigenous languages
- Establish a community-led working group that would develop the pesticide notification system alongside DPR
