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Philip Lymbery, "Sixty Harvests Left: How to Reach a Nature-Friendly Future" (Bloombury, 2022)

New Books in Environmental Studies

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Industrial Agriculture - How Did It Get to This Point?

Industrial agriculture really came to the fore 70 years ago, just after the Second World War. You can trace the beginnings of factory farming to the dust bowl era of the US,. And what happened was smallholders, homesteaders desperate now in need of income were finding that their crops were only now fetching half the price. So when you're good at fetchinghalf the price, what do you do?

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