U.S. radio science reporter
Robert Krulwich
We need to feed our planet, of course. But we also need the teeny creatures that drive all life on earth. There’s something strange about a farm that intentionally creates a biological desert to produce food for one species: us. It’s efficient, yes. But it’s so efficient that the ants are missing, the bees are missing, and even the birds stay away. Something’s not right here. Our cornfields are too quiet.
“Cornstalks Everywhere but Nothing Else, Not Even a Bee,” NPR, November 30, 2012.