Alycia here - Here is a very interesting NPR article/book review talking about the diversity of plant, animal, and insect life in different parts of the world, e.g., Cape Town, South Africa; Costa Rica; and Iowa. Basically, due to the pesticides that are sprayed on the cornfields, the plant and animal/insect life in an Iowa cornfield is virtually nonexistent - no bees, ants, birds, etc. A very sad and telling sign of how harmful these pesticides are.
NPR article: Cornstalks everywhere...
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Scary isn't it? Have you read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan? Thanks for the great link, so interesting.
I have read The Omnivore's Dilemma, an actually several of his other books, he's such a good writer. Being in a heavy agricultural area it's interesting to see things that were so new to me, like how they grow corn. Fascinating...and more than a little bit scary.
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