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From Faltering to Flourishing: Local Food Supply Chains are Making a Comeback 

Agritecture Blog

It started with a post-war boom of generous government subsidies favoring overproduction , which coupled with advances in hybrid crops and synthetic inputs, meant farmers focused on just a select few staple grain crops. Of the more than 200,000 edible plant species , people today rely on just 15 for almost all of their regular food intake.