Kroger, Whole Foods adopt buying policies that protect bees

Photo via Shutterstock / Ivanb.photo. Article by Heather Clancy. GreenBiz – February 20, 2024.

Big grocery chains are embracing procurement guidelines that prohibit the use of nitroguanidine neonicotinoids, which are toxic to bees.

Kroger and Whole Foods are the latest grocery chains to require suppliers to use pest control measures that don’t harm bees, butterflies and other pollinators. The Whole Foods policy, which also applies to companies that sell to its floral department, is set to take effect by 2025. […]

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