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Patti from Inner Peace Reiki in New York talks to us today about helping monarch butterflies.  The population is declining rapidly, and without monarchs, our world is not only less beautiful, but we\'re in serious danger of not having enough food to eat.  Monarch butterflies are pollinators, who make our crops grow and our vegetable gardens flourish.  They eat milkweed, and the disappearance of milkweed is one of the largest contributing factors to their decline.  The good news is that we can plant milkweed easily, at our own homes, to help.

The simple action that we can take after today\'s episode is to go to our local nursery and ask for milkweed seeds.  Then plant them somewhere at home.  Patti has a small Facebook group to help anyone who is interested and either has questions, or wants to help monarchs with other people (to make it fun!).  You can find us at The Butterfly Lady.

For show notes and more simple ideas to make a difference for monarchs, go to http://foranimalsforearth.com/podcast/6