Saving the bees that feed us: Cultivating pollinator-friendly agriculture
About this episode
Sarah Red-Laird discusses the importance of bees in our food system and shares practices to cultivate pollinator-friendly agriculture.
Bees live at the foundation of our food system—but they are imperiled by industrial agriculture. Sarah Red-Laird is helping to revive farm and ranch lands by cultivating healthy and diverse bee habitats. She teaches bee-friendly practices, including cover-cropping, no-till, and reduction of chemical use, which help farmers and ranchers to cultivate both abundant pollinators and healthy soil. Her work includes data collection, storytelling, teaching, doing bee-retreats (beetreats), and nature-based art.
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