{"id":27907,"date":"2024-06-18T10:09:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=27907"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T17:09:54","slug":"cdfa-celebrates-national-pollinator-week-june-17-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2024\/06\/18\/cdfa-celebrates-national-pollinator-week-june-17-23\/","title":{"rendered":"CDFA celebrates National Pollinator Week, June 17-23"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This week, CDFA is celebrating and highlighting the importance of pollinators in our state\u2019s agriculture. National Pollinator Week<\/a> (June 17-23) promotes the valuable services provided by pollinators such as bees, birds, butterflies, bats, beetles, moths, wasps, and flies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pollinators are critical to California\u2019s agriculture. The overwhelming majority of food crops rely at least partially on some type of insect pollination. Without pollinators, many of California\u2019s farmers could not grow the quantity and quality or not be able to produce at all the crops we enjoy. CDFA encourages everyone to learn about the significant role of pollinators in our ecosystem, and especially our food supply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the 115 most-grown foods around the world, 87 depend on pollinators. The United States grows more than 100 crops that rely on pollinators — 90 percent of them are pollinated by honey bees. Collectively, these crops make up a third of the typical American diet. Some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n