tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post4343418490183069242..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: The Loss of Monarchs is a Loss of Far MoreBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-71759208811077002622014-04-20T20:47:00.293-05:002014-04-20T20:47:00.293-05:00Yes Robin, we need to do FAR more. OF special impo...Yes Robin, we need to do FAR more. OF special importance are prairie, esp northern U.S. prairie where most overwintering monarchs come from. We are losing prairie at a rate faster than before the dustbowl. We are destroying far more than monarchs, and are indeed jeopardizing are ability to produce food in coming decades. Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-28926571895073098862014-04-20T20:25:34.432-05:002014-04-20T20:25:34.432-05:00Well said. But I can plant a few milkweed in my su...Well said. But I can plant a few milkweed in my suburban back yard, but how much better would be if we could find a way to plant huge swaths of it? We need a larger scale solution than a few backyards full of milkweed! RobinLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543576456983999997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-13225629192233983472014-03-29T21:02:19.307-05:002014-03-29T21:02:19.307-05:00The 11th hour decision on the farm bill is so dist...The 11th hour decision on the farm bill is so disturbing on so many levels. The politicians gave into big businesses, like Monsanto, the maker of Round Up ready crops. They produce genetically altered crops full of poisons & pesticides that are killing off the Monarch. They don't want the pollinator count or anything else that will expose the damage they're doing to the environment. <Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16683367925252948870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-25551303650492961922014-03-28T06:50:31.618-05:002014-03-28T06:50:31.618-05:00Very succinct and well-written summary of the prob...Very succinct and well-written summary of the problem. Apparently not even pure self-interest can slow the willful destruction of our natural world (or cause politicians to act sensibly in creating a farm bill). Sometimes the loss of native habitat seems inevitable. All we can do is act responsibly in our own gardens -- supporting the monarch migration, replacing our lawns with native plants, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18205196328856312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-34666394976871701842014-03-27T23:28:47.729-05:002014-03-27T23:28:47.729-05:00I very much agree with your post and also that we ...I very much agree with your post and also that we must "slow down our own civilization", considering all that we are doing agriculturally to destroy what natural spaces still remain. "Without modern agriculture the planet could only support 30 million humans", this is an alarming statistic. Knowing how many humans inhabit this earth and how many more multiply daily, it too is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com