Source: Tom J. Bechman, FARMPROGRESS, 1/19/21


Ann Lankford, Martinsville, Ind., had an idea when she heard about Bayer’s America’s Farmers Grow Communities program. She loves monarch butterflies and grows milkweed to support them, and even hatches them in her screened-in back porch each summer. Meanwhile, her neighbors, Tracy and Christina Hunter, operate a honey farm and agritourism business. Why not apply for a grant so the Hunters could plant more milkweed and educate more people about butterflies? It sounded like a win-win.

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