In this episode I speak with Michael Herman, Edie Spiegel and Coleman Lincoln about their support of the Pesticide Reduction Initiative supporting the 2023 Orleans Home Rule Petition to reduce pesticide use. 

Michael is Chair of the Orleans Select Board & Founder of Greenhouse by the Sea, a certified organic farm on Cape Cod.   Edie & Coleman are high school students and active volunteers working hard to support this effort. 

If you'd like to support this effort there is a petition on change.org under the title Protect Our Environment: Reduce Pesticide Use in Orleans MA (link address at the bottom).  The 2023 Orleans Home Rule Petition if passed will likely be sponsored by State Representative Sarah Peake as she had sponsored the 2022 Fertilizer Bill for Orleans (H874).

The town will be voting on this home rule at the fall town meeting on October 16th so if you are interested in this, please let your voice be heard and VOTE!  Thank you for listening as always.

https://www.change.org/p/protect-our-environment-reduce-pesticide-use-in-orleans-ma?cs_tk=Am_uB0H3oAtWThsP4WQAAXicyyvNyQEABF8BvIDz-KuqSh6cb7K_a_zd3B0%3D&utm_campaign=c9c8b3e747244b81afa067aff23d88a3&utm_content=initial_v0_3_0&utm_medium=email&utm_source=petition_signer_receipt_welcome&utm_term=cs

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