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Sweetland tends, harvests and sells the blueberries, and shares profits with the landowner. We realized because of the way they’re harvested, we didn’t need a lot of clearance for equipment, but we really needed to protect the soils and protect the plants during the construction phase.” But they all recovered quite well.”
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Focus on Solutions Although there are clear, negative impacts for agriculture, the agriculture chapter effectively lays out the ways in which agriculture can respond constructively to increasing challenges. the Osage Nation’s community orchard. Many of these activities have long cultural traditions.
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