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The advantages of polyculture

 
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From the “You Don’t Say” department:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/20/uk-agriculture-farming-fertilisers-yields-biodiversity-study-park-grass-pollinators-bees-wildflowers-aoe

Turns out reducing meadow flowers in favor of monoculture grass crops cuts pollinator populations. The test strips with highest N application had only 10 percent of the bees in the strips left without chemical fertilizer. I know this will come as no surprise to folks here but I’m always gratified and encouraged when I see it bubbling up into popular media.

-Aaron
 
You would be much easier to understand if you took that bucket off of your head. And that goes for the tiny ad too!
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