Wednesday, March 29, 2017

"The Monarch Butterfly Must Be – and Can Be – Saved" - An elaborate bit of greenwashing ala Monsanto Corp.

Robb Fraley Chief Technology Officer at Monsanto
Recently, I had the opportunity to check a long-desired item off my bucket list; a visit to the winter home of millions of monarch butterflies in west central Mexico. Story here.

A Monarch visits a flower-garden in Manitoba. PinP photo.

1 comment:

PinP said...

Perhaps the best thing Monsanto can do for the Monarchs would be to withdraw "Roundup" from the market. Roundup has been significantly instrumental in killing milkweed, the only food source for Monarch larvae.

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