<div dir="ltr">More fresh produce products with the <a href="https://beebettercertified.org/" target="_blank">Bee Better Certified</a> seal are in stores this summer, with Rainier Fruit Company and Homegrown Organic Farms both achieving certification earlier this year.<div><br></div><div>Organic blueberries from <a href="http://createsend.com/t/d-7874B4613C9D94932540EF23F30FEDED" target="_blank">Homegrown Organic Farms</a> and <a href="https://www.thepacker.com/article/rainier-fruit-announced-bee-better-certification" target="_blank">Rainier Fruit</a> grown in the Pacific Northwest are now available in stores.</div><div><a href="http://xerces.org/"><br></a></div><div><a href="http://xerces.org">The Xerces Society</a> developed Bee Better Certified to promote pollinator conservation in agriculture. The <a href="https://beebettercertified.org/sites/default/files/docs/BBC_2017-02_Production%20Standards_March2019_Updated.pdf">Bee Better Production Standards</a> are science-based and field-tested, guaranteeing that the actions farmers take actually improve pollinator well-being. Third-party verification from <a href="http://tilth.org/">Oregon Tilth</a> ensures that the certification process is transparent and trustworthy.<br></div><div><br></div><div>With growing interest and adoption by farms in multiple countries, an expanding number of crops are now Bee Better Certified, and products such as wine, ice cream from Haagen-Dazs, and fresh produce can now be found displaying the Bee Better Certified seal in major retailers.</div><div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-size:small;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="color:rgb(7,55,99)"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Liz Robertson</span></b><br></p><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#073763" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Xerces Outreach Administrator</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#073763" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Bee Better Certified Program Administrator</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#073763" face="Calibri, sans-serif">Pronouns:  she/her</font></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="2" color="#073763"><br></font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="2" color="#073763"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/xerces.org/uc?id=1gq2i-mUgaUmU6cgC5Z5wDpgY_FIvvBZH&export=download" width="96" height="29"><br></font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font size="2" color="#073763"><a href="http://beebettercertified.org" target="_blank">beebettercertified.org</a> | <a href="https://beebettercertified.org/blog" target="_blank">Blog</a> | </font></span><a href="https://twitter.com/beebettercert" style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">Twitter</a><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> |  </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/beebettercertified/" style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">Instagram</a><span style="color:rgb(7,55,99);font-size:small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> | </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/beebettercertified/" style="font-size:small;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><br></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(37,64,97)"><img src="https://drive.google.com/a/xerces.org/uc?id=0B8mT1RvP6eL8RHFRbF9EZFZaSnROY1k1ZGE3WUtnN1VRVFo4&export=download" width="96" height="36"><br></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#073763">628 NE Broadway Suite 200, Portland, OR 97232, USA</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><font color="#073763">(503) 232-6639  ext. 120</font></span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="mailto:liz.robertson@xerces.org" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:9pt" target="_blank">liz.robertson@xerces.org<br></a></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><a href="mailto:liz.robertson@xerces.org" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:9pt" target="_blank"><br></a></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="color:rgb(192,0,0)"><a href="ht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