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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

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Right now, its too wet for us to get into the field with a tractor, she explained the night after a thunderstorm this summer. Thats because so much rice is grown around the world: Roughly 11 percent of all arable land is devoted to this crop, a daily staple for half the people on Earth.

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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

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Black polyethylene “mulch film” gets tucked snugly around crop rows, clear plastic sheeting covers hoop houses, and most farmers use plastic seed trays, irrigation tubes, and fertilizer bags. Rodale has even designed an add-on device for tractors, making the blueprint publicly available.)