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100 1  Hilborn, Elizabeth D.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Restoring Eden :|bunearthing the agribusiness secret that 
       poisoned my farming community /|cElizabeth D. Hilborn. 
264  1 Chicago, Illinois :|bChicago Review Press,|c[2023] 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    xiii, 220 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220). 
505 00 |tThe mystery --|tFieldwork --|tDazed and confused --
       |tEmpty nest --|tRed zone --|tMoving water --|tBees please
       (queen's dance) --|tHarvest --|tBad blood --|tWeight of 
       evidence --|tOur choice. 
520    "All spring, Dr. Elizabeth Hilborn watched as her family 
       fruit farm of many years rapidly diminished, suffering 
       from a lack of bees and other insects. The plentiful 
       wildlife, so abundant just weeks before, was gone. 
       Everything was still, silent. As an environmental 
       scientist trained to investigate disease outbreaks, she 
       rose to the challenge. Step by step, day by day, despite 
       facing headwinds from skeptical neighbors, environmental 
       experts, and agricultural consultants, she assembled 
       information. Her observations provided a framework, a 
       timeline to explain the evidence she'd collected. The 
       chemicals found in her water samples showed beyond any 
       doubt that not only her farm but her greater farming 
       community was at risk from toxic chemicals that traveled 
       with rainwater over the land, into water, and deep within 
       the soil. Hilborn was given a front row seat to the insect
       apocalypse. Even as a scientist, she'd been unaware of the
       risks to life from some common agricultural chemicals. Her
       goal was to protect her farm and the animals who lived 
       there. But first she had to convince her rural neighbors 
       of the risk to their way of life, too"--Back cover 
650  0 Agriculture|xEnvironmental aspects|zNorth Carolina
       |xHistory. 
650  0 Nature|xEffect of human beings on|zNorth Carolina
       |xHistory. 
650  0 Environmental protection|zNorth Carolina|xHistory. 
650  0 Agricultural chemicals|xEnvironmental aspects. 
655  7 Informational works.|2lcgft 
655  7 Instructional and educational works.|2lcgft