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King Corn Mowed Down 2 Million Acres of Grassland in 5 Years Flat - High-reward, Tiny-risk (Subsidies and Govt Insurance)

King Corn Mowed Down 2 Million Acres of Grassland in 5 Years Flat - High-reward, Tiny-risk (Subsidies and Govt Insurance) | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

February 20, 2012 Mother Jones

The rate of grass-to-corn conversion in the United States is comparable to rainforest destruction in the Amazon and Asia, a new report finds. So why should we care?  Making money hand over fist, win or lose http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2013/02/king-corn-gobbles-climate-stabilizing-grassland-midwest

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For Farmers Everywhere, Small is (Still) Beautiful

For Farmers Everywhere, Small is (Still) Beautiful | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it
Whether you’re worried about hunger, social crises, or climate change, the solution is the same: small-scale farming.

 

There is battle raging across the world over who can better feed its people: small-scale farmers practicing sustainable agriculture, or giant agribusinesses using chemical fertilizers and pesticide

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