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Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

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Page 1: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Agricultural Growers of America

A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers

across America

Page 2: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Serious Issues

• Loss of insect environments causing lack of pollination.

• Loss of bird and fish environments

• Loss of agricultural crops

• Effects on water tables and coastal regions

• Approximately 6000 growers currently effected

Page 3: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Insect Extinction

• Large amounts of dead insects found around planted areas

Page 4: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Insect Extinction

• Large amounts of dead insects found around planted areas

Page 5: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Insect Extinction

• Large amounts of dead insects found around planted areas

• The birds depending on these insects are losing large numbers

Page 6: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Insect Extinction

• Large amounts of dead insects found around planted areas

• The birds depending on these insects are losing large numbers

• Entire coastal areas are losing fish life near planted areas

Page 7: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Agricultural Losses

• Entire fields of crops are found withering on the vines

Page 8: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Agricultural Losses

• Entire fields of crops are found withering on the vines

Page 9: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Agricultural Losses

• Entire fields of crops are found withering on the vines

• Even root produce shows signs of blight and is not harvestable

Page 10: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Agricultural Losses

• Entire fields of crops are found withering on the vines

• Even root produce shows signs of blight and is not harvestable

• Scale is growing into “disaster” proportion

Page 11: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Agricultural Losses

initial reporting of problems centered around Florida; however today there are reports worldwide wherever WWL has installed their grass systems

Page 12: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Effects on water tables

• Water tables are becoming shallow and non-existent; wherever WWL Lawn Systems; because the root system of the WWL grass is almost non-existent

Page 13: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Effects on water tables

• NO root system causes entire fields to completely dry up

Page 14: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Effects on water tables

• NO root system causes entire fields to completely dry up…causing entire fields to lose precious irrigation sources

Page 15: Agricultural Growers of America A non-profit organization representing more than 6,000 growers across America

Agricultural Growers of America

This ecological disaster will take approx. 7 years to reverse…the losses

continue to build daily…