| Bees and other pollinators touch our lives every day in ways we may not realize. Imagine a world without most of the foods you love. Without bees we wouldn’t have the abundance of apples, pumpkins, strawberries, blueberries, or almonds that we enjoy. Pollinators even help milk production: the alfalfa and clover cows graze is replenished by seed pollinated by bees. A world without pollinators would not only leave us with fewer food choices, but would make it substantially harder to find the nutrition we need to survive.
This week we are celebrating pollinators by talking with Xerces staff to explore their work collaborating with people to support pollinators on different types of agricultural landscapes. Bringing native plants and natural cycles back into such places has major benefits for pollinators and agriculture. |
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Stefanie Steele, Xerces urban and small farms representative in Michigan, shares her path to pollinator conservation and her work to help urban farmers add pollinator habitat to their spaces.
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Julie Michaelson, Xerces pollinator representative in the Connecticut River Valley, shares her story of how she came to a career in pollinator conservation and her current efforts to build habitat and protect our waterways by surrounding them with native plants.
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We provide you with the resources you need to protect your favorite pollinators and other invertebrates.
If you are not already a member, we invite you to become a Xerces Society monthly donor this week and help protect the animals you hold dear.
Give Monthly Today! |
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| Do you want to work for a team that makes every week pollinator week? We’re hiring!
All applications must be submitted through our online application portal.
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| The Xerces Society is a donor-supported nonprofit organization that protects our world through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitats.
Your tax-deductible donation will help grow and sustain that essential work. |
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| Donation and membership questions:
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855-232-6639 (option 2) |
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| Photo credits from top, left: Julie Michaelson, Stefanie Steele, Julie Michaelson, and Nicholas LaGow (in memory).
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North Carolina Small Farm Association 