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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...
Feb 1, 20241 min read
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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...
Jan 31, 20245 min read
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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...
Jan 28, 202449 min read
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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...
Jul 3, 20237 min read
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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...
Jul 3, 202326 min read
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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)...
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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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...
Apr 3, 20231 min read
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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...
Mar 13, 202315 min read
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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...
Jan 20, 202313 min read
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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...
Jan 17, 20232 min read
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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,...
Jan 15, 20232 min read
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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...
Jan 8, 20231 min read
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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...
Dec 12, 20221 min read
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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...
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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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...
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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Environmental toxins and neurological disorders
Important reminder that the human health risks of pesticide exposure (with the much-discussed Glyphosate ironically occupying the lowest...
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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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...
Oct 22, 20221 min read
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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...
Oct 19, 20221 min read
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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...
Oct 19, 20221 min read
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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...
Oct 7, 20221 min read
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