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Tony Shurman Talks with NECN
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How Maine Companies, Conservationists Are Helping Native Pollinators Thrive
You may have heard it said that just about every third bite of food you take was made possible by a bee. Bees are required in the production of everything from apples to zucchini, and even important cattle feeds such as alfalfa require bees for pollination.
Learn moreA Fruitful New Partnership for Farmers and Pollinators
No bees, no berries. For Bruce Hall, that’s the bottom line.
“In our industry, we have a flower, and we want it to become a berry,” explained Hall, an agronomist for Jasper Wyman & Son. Better known as “Wyman’s of Maine,” purveyors of Wild Blueberries and other frozen fruits. “We need pollinators for that to happen, so they have always been important to us.”
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