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Feb 11 min read

County should learn from City's Herbicide-Free Trials (PFC opinion piece in Cambridge Independent)

31 Jan 2024 Many thanks to Cambridge Independent for printing our opinion piece alongside their article on Cambridgeshire County...

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Jan 315 min read

Press Release following Cambridgeshire County Council's return to use of herbicides

26 January 2024 Pesticide-Free Cambridge made the following statement: “We are very disappointed by Cambridgeshire County Council’s...

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Jan 2849 min read

2022-23: PFC / Local Authority meetings & correspondence

On this page we will upload a rolling record of meetings and written correspondence with Cambridge City Council, Cambridgeshire City...

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Jul 3, 20237 min read

Pesticide-Free Cambridge, Newsletter #2, June-July 2023

3 July 2023 In our second Newsletter, we update you with what we’ve been doing over the last month (for the previous newsletter, see...

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Jul 3, 202326 min read

Pesticide-Free Cambridge - Public questions at council meetings

Record of our public questions (and answers where received) to Cambridge City Council committee meetings, 2020-2022 Public Question for...

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Jun 6, 20233 min read

Pesticide-Free Cambridge Newsletter#1: May/June 2023

6 June 2023 - Here's a quick summary of what we've been up to so far this spring / summer. 1. City Council Herbicide Reduction Plan (HRP)...

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Apr 2, 20231 min read

Cambridge Independent coverage of expansion to herbicide-free trials (30 March 2023)

Council Expands Trial of Herbicide-Free Weed Control, Alex Spencer, Cambridge Independent, 30 March 2023 (Print version) Article from...

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Mar 13, 202315 min read

Pesticide-Free Schools, Universities & Colleges Meetings record

13 March 2023 Received email from Cambs County Councillors , saying 'we discussed these items in Labour group now and we are happy to...

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Jan 20, 202313 min read

PFC meetings with partner groups, charities, networks & associations

17th January 2023. PFC attended the Ascham Road, Atherton Close & Gurney Way Happy Bee Streets meeting with Cambridge City Council...

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Jan 17, 20232 min read

Pesticide-Free Cambridge at Happy Bee Streets tour and talk (West Chesterton)

17 January 2023 Pesticide-Free Cambridge (BG) joined Cambridge City Council Biodiversity Officer and Community Engagement Ranger who met...

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Jan 15, 20232 min read

PFC attended the Re-Imagining Our Future, multi-village eco event for South Cambridgeshire

15 January 2023 Pesticide-Free Cambridge very much enjoyed attending the Re-Imagining Our Future event at Whittlesford Village Hall,...

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Jan 8, 20231 min read

Pesticide-Free Cambridge at Happy Bee Streets meeting (West Chesterton)

8 January 2023 The residents of these three streets in West Chesterton planted 600 bulbs around the 45 trees in their three streets in...

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Dec 12, 20221 min read

Cambridge Matters Magazine (Autumn 2022): piece on Herbicide Reduction Plan and Happy Bee Streets

News in the autumn 2022 edition of Cambridge Matters Magazine about collaborative initiatives between Cambridge City Council and...

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Nov 29, 20221 min read

Happy Bee Streets (West Chesterton), Cambridge Independent 29 Nov 2022

Short piece in Cambridge Independent on Happy Bee Streets scheme (tie-up between Cambridge City Council and Pesticide-Free Cambridge) in...

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Nov 2, 20221 min read

PFC at Mill Road Winter Fair, Saturday 3 Dec 2022

We're looking forward to having a stall at the annual Mill Road Winter Fair on Sat 3 December. Details to follow soon, but do come along...

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Nov 2, 20221 min read

Environmental toxins and neurological disorders

Important reminder that the human health risks of pesticide exposure (with the much-discussed Glyphosate ironically occupying the lowest...

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Oct 21, 20221 min read

PFC at the University of Cambridge's Green Fair

Pesticide-Free Cambridge were at the Green Fair on Saturday 22 October 2022, held at St John's Old Divinity School, part of University...

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Oct 19, 20221 min read

PFC at Growing Together in Arbury (Cambridge Sustainable Food Festival), 15 Oct 2022

Pesticide-Free Cambridge was at the Growing Together in Arbury fringe event of the Cambridge Sustainable Food festival on Saturday 15...

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Oct 18, 20221 min read

PFC meetings with businesses and service providers

19 Oct 2022: PFC meeting with This Land PFC (JS & BG) meeting with This Land to discuss ways of embedding pesticide-free management...

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Oct 6, 20221 min read

Open Door Magazine (Herbicide-Free Trials & Happy Bee Streets), Summer 2022

7 October 2022. Piece on two-ward herbicide-free trials in Summer 2022 edition of Open Door Magazine. We're currently awaiting...

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