Pesticide use is one of the hidden killers of many forms of life. Bees, which are crucial to sustaining our food supply, are dying at unprecedented rates due to chemical poisoning from spraying of lawns, golf courses, orchards and other grassy areas and plants. Pesticide consumption on fruit, vegetables and exposure from lawn care companies is linked to cancer rates among children and animals. Thankfully, activists like Avery Yale Kamila are working hard to educate us all about the dangers of this, and the importance of buying organic and allowing our lawns to grow naturally. In this interview, Avery discusses her work through Portland Protectors, what lawn care/pesticide companies are hiding from you and how we can all take small steps to promote chemical-free lawns, plants and bees.

Be sure to listen at 19:26 on how lawn care companies are not telling you the full story when it comes to "partially organic" spraying for lawns. And at 34:00 on simple steps you can take now to help make a difference.

Avery Yale Kamila is a long-time food columnist for the Portland Press Herald in Portland, Maine, where she currently writes the Vegan Kitchen column. In 2015, she co-founded Portland Protectors, a grassroots group working to pass an organic lawn care ordinance in the city. She studied science at SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry and journalism at Syracuse University. She lives with her husband and son in downtown Portland.

Learn more about Avery and her work at:

www.facebook.com/portlandprotectors

www.change.org/p/portland-city-c…in-portland-maine

www.pressherald.com/food/vegetarian-kitchen/

For more about me, you can visit www.soulfulworkconsulting.com.