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Re:The American Bumblebee Has Vanished from Eight States by pjkundert on Sunday October 10, 2021 @10:13AM (#28818562)
During WWII, 40% of the US food supply came from private gardens.

Today, gardens amongst the general population basically don’t exist (are so few/small that they don’t represent a measurable fraction of food supply or available arable private land).

So, it’s difficult to know whether or not we would cease to exist.

I suspect not.

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Re:The American Bumblebee Has Vanished from Eight States by ethbr0 on Sunday October 10, 2021 @11:03AM (#28818953)
During WWII, ~50% of the US population lived in rural areas. In 2020, that's now ~18%>
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Re:The American Bumblebee Has Vanished from Eight States by pjkundert on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:42PM (#28844813)
During WWII, the bulk of the population didn't have huge, well-watered and fertilized lawns, either.
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