CFS Book Club Episode one

A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators

Monday, April 24, 2023 - 10:45am EDT
Interviews

Every two weeks, Julia Ranney, the Center for Food Safety's Creative Communications Associate will interview authors writing about everything from microplastics to pollinators & beyond.

First up! Sheila Colla and Lorraine Johnson’s “A Northern Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators”. With many pollinators threatened, gardeners can make a real difference by planting native species for them. For those in the northern US, this is a go-to reference to the most beneficial plants in your area with more than 300 native plants to choose from.

In partnership with Island Press the leading not-for-profit publisher on sustainability and the environment, all the books chosen will cover the biggest challenges facing our world and tangible solutions to tackling them.

Participants

Sheila Colla | An Island Press author

Sheila Colla

Sheila Colla is a Conservation Scientist working to conserve wildlife including native pollinators. She is part of York University’s Bee Research Organization BeeC, which aims to address pollinator health and sustainable agriculture from an interdisciplinary perspective. Her lab’s research uses ecological studies and community science programs to better understand species declines and design conservation management plans. Studies include assessing habitat requirements, relationships to flowering plants, and studies to better understand stressors (i.e.

Lorraine Johnson | An Island Press author

Lorraine Johnson

Lorraine Johnson has been researching and writing about environmental issues for three decades. She is a community activist and advocate for protecting, supporting, and growing the urban forest. Johnson is the author or editor of fourteen books, including City Farmer: Adventures in Urban Food Growing and Tending the Earth: A Gardener’s Manifesto.