United Nations Declares 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health

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WASHINGTON, D.C., January 27, 2020 – Plants make the oxygen we breathe and give us 80 percent of the food we eat. But plants are under attack by invasive pests. These pests destroy up to 40 percent of the world’s food crops and cause $220 billion in trade losses each year according to the United Nations (U.N.). That leaves millions of people worldwide without enough food to eat and seriously damages agriculture—the primary source of income for rural communities.

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[Jonny B Goode]

I like what they're doing, but I read no mention of pesticides, insecticides, etc....

Someone really needs to crack down on the likes of Monsanto, Bayer, etc... and make sure that their product both keeps the pest problem to a minimum and is safe for the rest of the environment.

Just A Little History

You can't tell me they can't make it safer than they don't right now. They know how.