News — monarchs

Each month our Bee Informed Blog highlights current news, science, and research related to solitary bee conservation, food insecurity, and sustainability. 1. Only Two States Have Passed ‘Right to Garden’ Laws. Will Others Follow? (Civil Eats) Carrots, baby kale, and spinach never tasted so sweet. After emerging from a multi-year legal battle over gardening, Nicole Virgil is looking forward to cultivating those vegetables and more this winter in her backyard. Growing one’s own food, central to human existence for millennia, has suddenly become a hot-button topic in some communities. From Michigan to Massachusetts, people have been thwarted—or even outright banned—from growing food on...