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Inflamed w/ Raj Patel and Rupa Marya

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The Success Stories of the Green Revolution

India was able, over a couple of years, to double its wheat production. A this has all sorts of enormous ecological, social, political consequences. The application of pestocites hasn't done a great deal for the quality of the soil. You'restarting to see epidemic levels of pharmer suicides and of drug abuse, andrural despair.

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