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Coalition Letter on President’s Export Council’s Agricultural Trade Proposal

NASDA

agriculture is foundational to the American economy – reaching far beyond farms and rural communities to support more than 46 million jobs across the country. production of ingredients such as fertilizers, vitamins, and chemicals to maintain U.S. food and agriculture industries contributed $2.61 trillion in total economic output.

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From Commodification to Conservation: Restoring Agrobiodiversity through Seed Breeding – Part I: 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions means moving away from the use of high-energy and polluting nitrogenous fertilizers. In contrast, today’s dominant players genetically engineer and mass produce seed alongside complementary inputs including fertilizers and pesticides. Diverse plants and manure must take their place. Source: Philip H.

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