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Food as Filler OR Food as Medicine?

UnderstandingAg

farm production more than doubled, and farm size increased from an average of 215 acres in 1950 to 464 acres in 2023. is losing an average of two tons of topsoil per acre annually. Crop diversity has decreased by 75% since 1950. Irrigated acres have more than doubled since 1960. From 1950 to 2000, U.S. 50% of U.S.

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In Hawai‘i, Restoring Kava Helps Sustain Native Food Culture

Civil Eats

Last fall, Ava Taesali opened Kava Queen , Oahus only brick-and-mortar kava bar, after three years of building a loyal following for this traditional beverage at farmers markets in Honolulu. While state production still remains in the hundreds of acres, according to Edward Johnston, several producers sell kava online. Still, U.H,s

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