Featured Highlights

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  Earn Badges Along your BFG Journey

  When you join Bee Friendly Gardening, your certificate will have placeholders for five unique badges you can earn for taking the extra step to protect pollinators. The BFG badge system is meant to be an encouraging way to keep members motivated through small, but consistent actions that benefit pollinators and their community.

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  Are you a farmer in the Midwest? Take this 15-minute survey

  Help improve the Value of Conservation Programs for Midwestern Farmers by taking the Midwest Farm Conservation Survey TODAY! If you are familiar with or have participated in the CRP program or other Farm Bill Programs, we want to hear from you! To qualify for this survey, you must currently own and/or manage farmland in one of the following states: Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, or Ohio. Please complete the survey in one sitting and take the survey only once. It takes about 15 minutes to complete. Your participation is voluntary and will make a huge difference for the Midwest’s leadership in agriculture. Your responses will not identify you individually as results will be aggregated and anonymized.

  Take the survey here: https://form.jotform.com/261315779919067

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  Pollinator Partnership names Seed King Enterprises as the 2025 Monarch Sustainer of the Year

  Habitat loss remains the leading driver of monarch declines, and as a seed company, Seed King Enterprises has played a key role in increasing habitat connectivity throughout the Western monarch migration corridor. The company's primary customer base, golf courses, represents a largely single-use landscape with significant potential to support pollinators through habitat enhancements. In 2025 alone, golf course clients planted more than 1,200 pounds of wildflower seed, including regionally native milkweed species. Read the full press release.

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  Deadline approaching: NAPPC Awards

  Nominations due July 17th

  The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) is seeking nominations for eight prestigious awards: Pollinator Advocate Award (three countries), the Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award (three countries), the Pollinator Roadside Management Award, and the Pollinator Electric Power Award. The awards will be presented at the annual NAPPC Conference in Washington D.C. in October 2024.

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  New monthly donors will be matched during the month of July!

  Starting July 1st, Pollinator Partnership is excited to launch a special gift match made possible by a member of our Board of Directors. To make the greatest long-term impact for pollinators, this match is focused on monthly giving. 

  Our goal is to welcome 20 new monthly donors at $20 per month to unlock this generous match.

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  The 2026 BFF Report is Out!

  See how Bee Friendly Farmers are making an impact for pollinators and their land

  Bee Friendly Farming (BFF), a program of Pollinator Partnership, works with farmers to protect, preserve, and promote pollinator health. The following metrics reflect producers enrolled in the BFF Program and BFF 3 Party Verified Certification:

  • 978 Farms Enrolled
  • 386,350 Farm Acres
  • 76,800 Habitat Acres 
  • 38,425 Permanent Habitat Acres

  Click here for the full report!

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  Life on a Leaf: Celebrating Caterpillars and Host Plants

  Meet the Pollinators

  Meet the Life on a Leaf: Celebrating Caterpillars and Host Plants poster. Illustrated by the incredibly talented Avani Hope, this year’s design showcases 19 caterpillar species alongside the native host plants they rely on, offering a beautiful visual guide to these essential relationships. Learn more about each caterpillar by clicking here.

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