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...
Scary isn't it? Have you read The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan? Thanks for the great link, so interesting.
ReplyDeleteI 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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