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tors to their crops and our ecosystem.
That’s why they work so hard to make
their orchards healthy places for pollinators.”
Almond farmers across California’s
Central Valley sit in what is essentially
a flyway for pollinators. In recent years,
almond farmers have applied to certify
more than 110,000 acres of Bee Friendly
Farming®, providing pollinator habitat
and integrated pest management across
the valley to keep that flyway healthy
and create badly needed floral resources
that compliment and expand beyond
the annual almond bloom.
“Almond farmers have doubled the
number of acres of bee friendly habit in
California and in that pollinator flyway,”
Lewis said. “We’re proud to help lead
a broad coalition of agriculture and
conservation groups to work together
to promote and preserve habitat for
pollinators.”
About the California
Pollinator Coalition
Spearheaded by ABC, the California
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The California Pollinator Coalition is a group
of agricultural and conservation groups that
will work to encourage more voluntary, grower-friendly
efforts to protect the state’s native
insect pollinators and managed honeybees.
Pollinator Coalition is a group of agricultural
and conservation groups that
will work to encourage more voluntary,
grower-friendly efforts to protect the
state’s native insect pollinators and
managed honeybees.
The coalition includes a broad array
of more than 20 of the state’s leading
agricultural organizations and conservation
groups. The Coalition will focus
on increasing grower participation in
projects to provide habitat and forage
for pollinators and other beneficial
insects across the state’s agricultural
landscape.
“California’s almond industry has a
long record of continuing improvement
in the area of integrated pest management
and protection and stewardship
of managed bees,” said Lewis. “This
new coalition helps us expand on our
work to benefit California’s many native
pollinator species. We’ll also get more
results by collaborating within the agriculture
and conservation communities
on voluntary efforts that benefit both
growers and the environment. Improving
the health or our ecosystems is not
something we can do alone, so we are
glad to have many strong allies in this.”
Convened by Pollinator Partnership,
the California Department of Food and
Agriculture and the Almond Board
of California, the Coalition’s goal is
to increase habitat for pollinators on
working lands to benefit biodiversity
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