Taylor says the populations have dropped by an average of 40 percent since the beginning of the decade, and he says he thinks he knows why.

A leading culprit, he says, is the widespread adoption of genetically modified crops — strains of corn and soybeans with genes added so they are herbicide-tolerant.

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Echinacea, yarrow, peppermint, chamomile, lemon balm are on my list too plus few other…

http://foodfreedom.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/grow-a-medicinal-herb-garden/

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here is a slide show for an interesting article from NY Times… now, this guy represents the growers not the big distributors… to grow grapes is fun but also lot of work…

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/07/03/us/20110703-thompson.html

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