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Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

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Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

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Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. No, we were not afraid anymore,” said one resident of Casiavera, recalling a blockade they formed to take back the plantations. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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