LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Your help needed to save bees

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To the editor:

We recently had National Pollinator Week, a week dedicated to celebrating bees and other pollinators that make our foods, farms and flowers possible. And we need to do more to protect these pollinators.

Environment New York and our national network launched the Bee Friendly Food Alliance to unite chefs and restaurant owners in New York and across the country to save the bees. After all, who knows better than chefs and restaurateurs: No bees means no food.

Bees pollinate many of the foods we enjoy, everything from strawberries to almonds to avocadoes. Unfortunately, bees are dying off at alarming rates, with significant consequences for our environment and our food supply.

From pie shops and breweries to fine dining establishments, chefs and restaurants were hard at work this Pollinator Week raising awareness and educating customers about the vital role bees play for our food supply and the need to save them. And even though Pollinator Week might be over, we’ll be continuing to build the Bee Friendly Food Alliance this summer and beyond.

HEATHER LEIBOWITZ

The author is director of Environment New York, a grassroots environmental advocacy organization that is part of Environment America.

Heather Leibowitz,

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