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Can Agriculture Kick Its Plastic Addiction?

Civil Eats

Mitigation requires slashing production and consumption, he adds, and increasing recycling and reuse all along the supply chain. In China, where farms use enough plastic film to cover the surface area of Idaho every year, the difficulty of end-of-season removal led growers, at one point, to plow the plastic directly into the field.

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The Night Shift

Modern Farmer

The conditions impacted crop yields, livestock, the transportation of goods, and the larger supply chain. In fact, scientists just recently declared an end to the drought that had devastated the region for a whopping 203 weeks. Photography via Shutterstock.