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

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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Agricultural Growers of America

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

across America

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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

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Insect Extinction

• Large amounts of dead insects found around planted areas

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Insect Extinction

• Large amounts of dead insects found around planted areas

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Insect Extinction

• Large amounts of dead insects found around planted areas

• The birds depending on these insects are losing large numbers

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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

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Agricultural Losses

• Entire fields of crops are found withering on the vines

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Agricultural Losses

• Entire fields of crops are found withering on the vines

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Agricultural Losses

• Entire fields of crops are found withering on the vines

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

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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

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Agricultural Losses

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

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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

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Effects on water tables

• NO root system causes entire fields to completely dry up

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Effects on water tables

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

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Agricultural Growers of America

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

continue to build daily…