Credit: Photo provided by Napa Green Napa Green executive director Anna Brittain. Credit: Napa Green Sheep grazing. Credit: White Rock Vineyards Credit: Napa Green Credit: Clive Pursehouse Napa sustainability certification body to require phaseout of Roundup In a groundbreaking initiative unveiled in November 2023, Napa Green, a powerhouse in sustainability certification in winemaking and grape […]
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Image Courtesy of Napa Green Why Napa Green’s Glyphosate Ban is Such a Big Deal Last month, Napa Green, a sustainable wine-growing certification for Napa Valley vineyards, announced that members must phase out the use of the herbicide glyphosate, the active ingredient in popular weed killer Roundup. By 2026, the 90 wineries overseen by the nonprofit […]
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Sarah Ferguson, founder and CEO of Ruetd, with Napa statistics Brian Lilla, whose film Children of the Vine documented health concerns Scott Steinmaus, PhD, Head of Plant Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Napa Valley Grape Growers Cut Roundup Use in Half, Evaluate Weed Control Strategies Amidst Shifting Consumer and Community Opinions The […]
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Containers of Roundup, left, a weed killer containing glyphosate, on sale at a hardware store in Los Angeles in 2017. Associated Press Napa Green to hold town hall following announcement of Roundup ban Despite diametrically opposed studies on its safety, Napa Green recently announced that it will require members to phase out the use of […]
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Containers of Roundup sit on a store shelf on Feb. 24, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Haven Daley) Napa Green says it’s the 1st sustainable winegrowing certification program to require members to phase out herbicide Napa Green will require its members to phase out the use of Roundup by 2026. Napa Green, a nonprofit organization […]
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The vineyards at Spottswoode Winery in Napa in 2016. The winery is among a handful of growers that has phased out its use of synthetic herbicides. Gabrielle Lurie/Special to The Chronicle Roundup products for sale at a hardware store in San Rafael. A Napa nonprofit that ceritfies sustainable wineries hopes to phase out the controversial […]
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Napa Green Becomes First Sustainable Winegrowing Certification to Require Phaseout of Roundup, Providing Toolkit and Financial Incentives NAPA, Calif., Nov. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Napa Green, a leading wine industry nonprofit, provides roadmaps, boots-on-the-ground consulting and certification services for regenerative viticulture, and sustainable, climate-smart winemaking. In keeping with a foundational principle, “Sustainability is a path, not a […]
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Why Aren’t More Wineries Using Climate-Friendly Bottles? Earlier this year at a dinner with many witnesses, I pledged to do something more to help fight climate change. I blame the Napa RISE organizers and the dinner hosts, JeanCharles Boisset and Gina Gallo, for this moment of clarity. What I did afterward was start a personal research project. It’s […]
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Future 40 Tastemakers 2023 If there is one theme that unites this year’s Future 40 honorees across their many categories, it is advocacy—in every sense of the word. Advocacy for including people of all backgrounds in an industry that is struggling to find its footing in appealing beyond a traditional base as well as advocacy […]
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Download the PDF Spotlight on Sustainability: In this Together Recapping the RISE Climate & Wine Symposium On the opening day of sustainable winegrowing organization Napa Green’s RISE Climate & Wine Symposium in St. Helena, California, in April, keynote speaker Jancis Robinson talked about her visit to a glass factory and bemoaned heavyweight bottles. Across the […]
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