Filter strips surround agricultural fields and reduce soil loss and pesticide effluent reaching streams and rivers. They can also host flowering plants that bees and butterflies like. We talk to Dr. Amy Toth about whether these narrow ribbons of land can actually benefit pollinators.

Toth Lab website: https://www.tothlab.org/people

Episode 246 on filter strips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIcDh_SreU