Tony Del Plato has sent you the following program from FORA.tv: <http://fora.tv//2009/05/05/Michael_Pollan_Deep_Agriculture#The_Almond__the_Bee_Crop_Pollination_May_Kill_Colonies> [image: success] The Almond & the Bee: Crop Pollination May Kill Colonies<http://fora.tv//2009/05/05/Michael_Pollan_Deep_Agriculture#The_Almond__the_Bee_Crop_Pollination_May_Kill_Colonies> - *In Defense of Food* author Michael Pollan says the high demand of pollinating central California's almond crop may be contributing to the collapse of bee colonies.
Pollan says bees are shipped in from around the globe and even given "high fructose corn syrup so they will be sturdy enough to attack the almond crop." -- A wise man once said that a black man would be president when pigs fly. Sure enough, 100 days into Obama's presidency, Swine Flu. _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
