The Pollinator Crisis is a Food Security Crisis, and It Starts in Your Own Yard
When pollinator populations decline, the conversation usually centers on environmental loss: fewer butterflies, quieter gardens, diminished biodiversity. Those consequences are real. But the more immediate threat is one that reaches every household regardless of whether anyone in it has ever thought about pollinators. The production of fruits, berries, and many vegetables depends on pollination. Apples, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, almonds, squash, and dozens of other crops require pollinators to transfer pollen between flowers. Without that transfer, the plant produces no fruit and no seed. When pollinator populations drop, the crops they support become vulnerable. The crisis is already underway. And a … Continue reading