Paul Cherubini writes: “I don't understand what's "unsustainable" about 
conventional
agricultural practices.”

   Well, Paul, why don’t you ask some of those beekeepers who have gone out 
of business recently because they kept loosing too many of their hives to 
unexplained causes what is unsustainable about “conventional” agricultural 
practices?”
   To have a chance of seeing what might be problematic about some of these 
modern practices you have to let go of wanting it to not be true, and then 
look at the larger picture in a time frame that goes further out than a 
sunny day on the side of the road.  You have to be able to accept that a 
snap shot of some butterflies on a given day may not be enough to show you 
what is really going on over the long term.

Steve Noble
     

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