The Monarch Butterfly
Personal memory by Kari Olsen
When milkweed was allowed to grow in the ditches and was not classified as a noxious weed by our province, when we didn't have spraying programs to eradicate it, we used to have monarchs by the tens of thousands. Now there are only a few. I would gladly have lower crop yields and pay more for food to have the monarchs back.
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