North Dakota State University offers intern opportunities for students who wish to explore a career in Extension, and Casey Humpherys has spent the summer interning in our NDSU Cass County office.

To provide an experience of newspaper writing, Casey composed this week’s column on a topic of her choosing.

Casey, the floor is yours.

Without pollinators, our garden spaces would be far less vibrant, productive and diverse, causing flower and fruit production to diminish greatly. Pollinators are insects or animals that go from plant to plant in search of food such as pollen and nectar.

During this venture, these critters brush up against the plants and collect pollen on themselves, which is subsequently deposited on neighboring plants. This pollen deposit allows a plant to produce a seed or

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