How popcorn could help save the bees

ENVIRONMENT MAINE • November 13, 2024

Bees are nature’s most effective pollinators. Because of their hard work buzzing from flower to flower, they are responsible for about one third of the entire globe’s food production. Neonic pesticides are supposed to protect crops, but what they actually do is kill agriculture’s best animal allies. To protect bees from these toxic pesticides, we need some of our biggest corn buyers, including popcorn makers, to step up. That’s why we’re calling on Orville Redenbacher to commit to buying popcorn from farmers who don’t use neonic-covered seeds.