# Silent Spring, Seasons, Years – Elizabeth Hilborn

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Podcast: [Farm To Table Talk](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farm-to-table-talk-217480)
Published: 2026-09-11T12:23:53+00:00
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## Resource

Some messages are worth hearing again such as this re-released classic from July 2023 with Elizabeth Hilborn. Over 60 years ago Rachel Carson warned of “Silent Spring (s)” to come from the harms of indiscriminate use of pesticides. Since then the threatening big picture has broadened to position the Earth in the current period of the Sixth Extinction. Extinctions are gradual but silence can be sudden as it seemed to honey bee veterinarian Elizabeth Hilborn who had to solve a mystery of what killed animals on her North Carolina farm. When she identified the cause, solutions and hopeful signs, it led to writing a book with a message:Restoring Eden.

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