Tick season is here! With over 30,000 cases reported in the US in 2009, Lyme has proven to be a devastating and highly idiosyncratic illness, affecting individuals on multiple organ and system levels.
With more and more research pointing to the adverse health effects caused from pesticides in commercial agriculture (see this article on the correlation between pesticide use and childhood cancers - more on this subject in the future), I am truly thankful for groups like Rockland Farm Alliance who are working with local governments to support sustainable farming. See this recent press announcement about Rockland County's latest
