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Southeastern Prairie Symposium

November 22, 2011 Leave a comment

May 14-17, 2012
Starkville, Mississippi

 

Bee pastures

August 4, 2010 Leave a comment
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Urban Agriculture

August 10, 2009 Leave a comment

Lands around airports represent valuable land that can be managed to support agriculture and/or conservation.  Two examples below:

The “Garden Boys” farm plots around a major airport – from CNN.

Butterflies protected and thriving at LAX – from the Epoch Times.

National Pollinator Week

June 22-27, 2009 is National Pollinator Week to recognize the importance of pollinators to our food system.  The Pollinator Partnership and US Fish & Wildlife Service both have lots of resources about pollinators in recognition of this week.

Here are two videos for this week.

One about the problems pollinators face:

And one about what NRCS is doing and can do to help:

Native Pollinators in Agriculture Video

Pollinator Habitat – Updates

December 10, 2008 Leave a comment

Landscaping with Native Plants

November 17, 2008 Leave a comment

EPA has resources for landscaping with native plants in the Great Lakes states.  Good resources for attracting bees and butterfiles to your yard.

Plants for Pollinators

October 22, 2008 Leave a comment

The Pollinator Partnership is creating detailed guides for planting and landscaping to support pollinators (bees, butterflies, etc.) in agricultural lands, gardens and backyards.  Download a detailed book for each ecological region of the US HERE.

Habitat for Pollinators

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has catalouged (and linked!) a myriad of resources for managing pollinators in agricultural landscapes.  Includes job sheets and fact sheets..many are state specific.

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