Butterflies on milkweed

One third of human food crops and 90% of flowering plants need animal pollinators for reproduction.  Pollinators include bees, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, birds and bats. Whether we realize it or not, each of us depends on pollinators to provide the wide range of foods we eat.  Abundant and healthy populations of pollinators can improve fruit set and quality, and increase fruit size.  On the farm, this improves production per acre.  In the wild, wildlife food sources increase.

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