Blame industrial ag for those monarch butterfly declines

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By Nathanael JohnsonJun 6, 2014, 11:34 am20 pts
I’ve written before on the connection between modern farming techniques — especially the widespread use of glyphosate associated with genetically engineered crops — and the precipitous decline of monarch butterflies. But we’ve never known for sure exactly what was driving the butterfly deaths. The top…

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