Natural History Wanderings

Australian Broadcasting Company reports

As concern over chemical use in food production grows and insect species become more resistant to poisons, farmers are turning to nature for solutions to pests that can cripple crop production.Billions of tiny, blind, predatory mites are being bred, harvested, packed on ice, and posted to strawberry farms in the battle against destructive

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Read more at Strawberry farmers using billions of tiny, blind, predatory mites as successful alternative to toxic insecticides – ABC News