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HOMESTEAD TSUNAMI

The Lunatic Farmer

A shaky economy, crime-ridden cities, fragile supply chains, empty supermarket shelves, increasingly invasive government regulations, dysfunctional mental health, kids addicted to social media—all these things make thinking people want to disentangle from the system. We don’t know where we’ll land, but we’re getting out.”

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Opinion: To Find the Future of Food, We Need to Look to the Past

Modern Farmer

And growing meat in the lab, from cultured stem cells in bioreactors will eliminate the need for raising livestock, and all the environmental havoc that goes with it. If we’re really serious about forestalling famine, we need to stop feeding so much grain to livestock, and save the wheat, corn, and rice we grow for human consumption.

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Food and Farming at the Forefront of Labour’s Missions for Change – September 2024

Sustainable Food Trust

xviii] For example, Clifton Ings and Rawcliffe Meadows are a crucial part of the City of York’s flood defences. For example, an extensive report for the Oxford Farming Conference in 2023 assessed whether supply chains could deliver the environmental and social goals the UK seeks. xix] Floodplain Meadows Partnership.

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