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HOMESTEAD TSUNAMI

The Lunatic Farmer

In 2020, seed companies sold out. They don’t watch TV all evening; they can tomatoes and chase fireflies in the meadow. Industrial agriculture is killing authentic farming and land stewardship as much as food processors and bureaucrats. That doesn’t seem like much, unless you’re the only family with eggs.

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Op-ed: Egg Prices Are Soaring. Are Backyard Chickens the Answer?

Civil Eats

food system since the COVID-19 quarantine, which created a rush on vegetable seeds and baby chicks. Such shocks to the food system are evidence of some of the inherent weaknesses of an industrialized and highly concentrated agriculture sector. My small flock represents one additional node in the food production network.

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