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21 New Books to Inspire the Movement for Sustainable Food Systems

Food Tank

Raskin and Dibben lend decades of experience and the latest scientific research to this practical guide to successfully incorporating forestry into your growing space. The Kidney and the Cane: Planetary Health and Plantation Labor in Nicaragua by Alex M.

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The contribution of farming to the rural environment: A farmer’s viewpoint in 1985

Sustainable Food Trust

On my own farm this period is remembered by a 25-acre Scots pine plantation which was naturally regenerated on land that had previously grown wheat. This may be due to the high levels of nitrogenous fertilizer used on our farms. Dramatic changes started to occur at the outbreak of the Second World War. I ask two questions: 1.

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A palm oil company, a group of U.S. venture capitalists, and the destruction of Peru’s rainforest

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Share this This Story’s Impact 100 million global monthly unique visitors Business Insider Two of the largest palm oil plantations in Peru are located on the west side of the Ucayali River, which flows from the Andes to the Amazon. ” But the creation of the plantations came at a steep price.