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Changing How We Farm Might Protect Wild Mammals—and Fight Climate Change

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Pesticides can harm or kill mammals and can also reduce prey and attract invasive species that compete with native mammals for resources, explained Gaurav Singh-Varma, a researcher at the University of British Columbia. And that’s not the only bad news. to natural reference conditions,” said Kuipers. Photo CC-licensed by Bethany Week, U.S.

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Op-ed: Black Producers Have Farmed Sustainably in Kansas for Generations. Let’s Not Erase Our Progress.

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Together, they left the plantation of Richard M. Loss of Land and Heritage Over the years, though, many Nicodemus families lost their land due to a combination of challenges, including adverse weather conditions, low crop yields, and systemic discrimination by the USDA in loan approvals for our ancestors.

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