Restoring Eden : unearthing the agribusiness secret that poisoned my farming community /
Hilborn, Elizabeth D.,
Restoring Eden : unearthing the agribusiness secret that poisoned my farming community / Elizabeth D. Hilborn - xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220).
The mystery -- Fieldwork -- Dazed and confused -- Empty nest -- Red zone -- Moving water -- Bees please (queen's dance) -- Harvest -- Bad blood -- Weight of evidence -- Our choice.
"All spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family fruit farm of many years rapidly diminished, suffering from a lack of bees and other insects. The plentiful wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. Everything was still, silent. As an environmental scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she rose to the challenge. Step by step, day by day, despite facing headwinds from skeptical neighbors, environmental experts, and agricultural consultants, she assembled information. Her observations provided a framework, a timeline to explain the evidence she'd collected. The chemicals found in her water samples showed beyond any doubt that not only her farm but her greater farming community was at risk from toxic chemicals that traveled with rainwater over the land, into water, and deep within the soil. Hilborn was given a front row seat to the insect apocalypse. Even as a scientist, she'd been unaware of the risks to life from some common agricultural chemicals. Her goal was to protect her farm and the animals who lived there. But first she had to convince her rural neighbors of the risk to their way of life, too"--Back cover
1641609389 9781641609388
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--History.--North Carolina
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--North Carolina
Environmental protection--History.--North Carolina
Agricultural chemicals--Environmental aspects.
North Carolina--Environmental conditions.
Instructional and educational works.
Restoring Eden : unearthing the agribusiness secret that poisoned my farming community / Elizabeth D. Hilborn - xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220).
The mystery -- Fieldwork -- Dazed and confused -- Empty nest -- Red zone -- Moving water -- Bees please (queen's dance) -- Harvest -- Bad blood -- Weight of evidence -- Our choice.
"All spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family fruit farm of many years rapidly diminished, suffering from a lack of bees and other insects. The plentiful wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. Everything was still, silent. As an environmental scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she rose to the challenge. Step by step, day by day, despite facing headwinds from skeptical neighbors, environmental experts, and agricultural consultants, she assembled information. Her observations provided a framework, a timeline to explain the evidence she'd collected. The chemicals found in her water samples showed beyond any doubt that not only her farm but her greater farming community was at risk from toxic chemicals that traveled with rainwater over the land, into water, and deep within the soil. Hilborn was given a front row seat to the insect apocalypse. Even as a scientist, she'd been unaware of the risks to life from some common agricultural chemicals. Her goal was to protect her farm and the animals who lived there. But first she had to convince her rural neighbors of the risk to their way of life, too"--Back cover
1641609389 9781641609388
Agriculture--Environmental aspects--History.--North Carolina
Nature--Effect of human beings on--History.--North Carolina
Environmental protection--History.--North Carolina
Agricultural chemicals--Environmental aspects.
North Carolina--Environmental conditions.
Instructional and educational works.