[Pollinator] ScienceDaily: Conservation effort spreads seeds of destruction across the Midwest

[Shelby Fleischer]

Palmer amaranth is new to our area, and acting as an invasive species.  It
is a problem for all types of ag (conventional, organic, etc) in our area.
A quick summary is here
http://extension.psu.edu/pests/weeds/palmer-amaranth

Shelby

On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Hank Jones <acorn at treenuts.ca> wrote:

> I am puzzled. Amaranths palmers is native to the area in question. The
> leaves, stems and seeds are edible and highly nutritious. Sounds like a
> ‘volunteer’ food crop. Harvest it. Sell it. Eat it. The complaining farmers
> are the problem, in my opinion. Agribusiness needs another wake-up call.
> > On Dec 9, 2016, at 5:57 PM, Evan Cole <ec at pollinator.org> wrote:
> >
> > https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161207133651.htm
> >
> > Evan Cole
> > Program and Development Associate
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Shelby J. Fleischer
Department of Entomology
Pennsylvania State University
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