Northeast Gardening: Garden Photos #15, 1 by flowAjen

flowAjen wrote:
Awww, how cute....glad he's helping


Monarch...glad I left some Milkweed

Another reason to hate GMO crops

"The monarchs' numbers have been cut in half in recent years, some researchers say, and they put much of the blame on hardier farm crops here in the Midwest.

Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants. But thanks to genetically modified corn and soybeans that withstand herbicides, farmers can now wipe out milkweed from their land without damaging their crops.

That means monarchs can no longer find milkweed on 100 million acres of farmland."



Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/07/26/3037173/habitat-loss-im...