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  • Monoculture yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Monoculture'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Anti-globalizers are worried that the world is headed towards a dull uniformity in culture.

    Monoculture 2007

  • Dangers of a Monoculture — Reactions to the CRU Emails »

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Breakthrough 2009

  • Monoculture farming of tens of thousands of acres and increasingly poisonous insecticides that now act like a nerve gas on bees is responsible for this worldwide collapse of the bee population.

    Wendy Strgar: The Collapse of the Honey Bees Wendy Strgar 2011

  • Monoculture farms of genetically modified seeds cannot support the ecosystem it needs to flourish, so companies truck in bees from all over the world to do their pollination work for a couple of weeks at a time.

    Wendy Strgar: The Collapse of the Honey Bees Wendy Strgar 2011

  • Monoculture displaces diversity, soil fertility and crop yields decrease over time, and indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides causes serious later health problems.

    Reviewing F. William Engdahl's Seeds of Destruction (Part II) 2008

  • Monoculture displaces diversity, soil fertility and crop yields decrease over time, and indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides causes serious later health problems.

    Reviewing F. William Engdahl's Seeds of Destruction (Part II) 2008

  • Well, last November, Dan wrote a perspective piece for CNETnews. com, called Massachusetts Assaults Monoculture.

    Monocultures in IT and Higher Ed 2006

  • Monoculture cotton crops and the economy they supported proved susceptible to a small insect in the early 20th century.

    Monoculture Considered Harmful - Anil Dash 2006

  • Monoculture, inherited from colonial economies, is more susceptible to pest and diseasesand therefore requires more fertilisers and pesticides.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1995

  • · Monoculture versus crop rotation -- Monoculture is the repetitive growing of the same crop on the same land year after year.

    Chapter 6 1981

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