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inetknght[dead post] ◴[] No.44434412[source]
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pfdietz ◴[] No.44434454[source]
All the major staple crops are wind pollinated, not insect pollinated.

The ultimate solution to this problem will be going back to a suite of native pollinators rather than depending on non-native honeybees.

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1. firesteelrain ◴[] No.44434983[source]
Partially. Corn is the big one that requires wind or humans. Rest of the staples do not

Potatoes and sweet potatoes are tubers. I started growing this year and learned a lot about it just from my backyard. No pollination

For example cucumbers not staple nor are peppers. Cucumbers need a bee or insect to pollinate unless the type that doesn’t. But they are low in calories so not staple and more perishable