Your Perfect Green Lawn Is a Buzz Kill

[Food for Thought] May 10, 2020 [Food for Thought]( [Your Perfect Green Lawn Is a Buzz Kill]( Here’s how to turn it into a pollinator party. ([Mother Jones]() Republicans keep blaming workers for coronavirus outbreaks at meat plants. Trump's health secretary faulted their "home and social lives." ([Mother Jones]() Reopening a restaurant will take a lot more than a governor’s order. “Guys, this is about screwing the working class and small business, not about helping us.” ([Mother Jones]() These "murder hornets" are terrifying. Especially for honeybees. ([Mother Jones]() What it will take for restaurants to survive. According to chef Tom Colicchio. ([The New Yorker]() Here's hoping llamas will become coronavirus heroes. ([New York Times]() —Advertisement— New From Bite Podcast Restaurants run on social contact and razor-thin profit margins. So COVID-19 stopped them cold, and brought them to the brink of financial ruin. In today's episode, Tom Colicchio—owner of Manhattan restaurant empire Crafted Hospitality and judge on Top Chef—makes the case that the government's stimulus efforts are a recipe for mass restaurant extinction, and calls for a program targeted directly at saving independent eateries. Then Nigerian-born, New Orleans-based chef and activist Tunde Wey pushes back, arguing that restaurants as we know them aren't worth saving without major reforms. Hear it on Bite, episode 107: "[Should Restaurants Be Saved?](" Hungry for more food news? Follow Mother Jones Food on [Twitter]( and [Facebook](, and find all of our food stories at [www.motherjones.com]( Did someone forward this to you? [Click here]( to sign up to get more Food for Thought in your inbox! —Advertisement— Food for Thought comes to you from Mother Jones, an award-winning, investigative journalism outlet that was founded as a nonprofit magazine in 1976. Inspiration is worth sharing right now, and in "[It Gives Us a Reason to Get Dressed, See Smiles, Have Hope](," you can see how MoJo readers and reporters are rising to the challenge of the coronavirus pandemic. Take a moment to give it a read, and if you can, please consider [supporting our essential journalism]( during this crisis. [Donate]( [Subscribe to Mother Jones]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings](E2%80%8B). For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit](. Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today](. [www.MotherJones.com]() PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755