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Eat This Newsletter 017

 

16 November 2015

Eating information

  1. You’ll never look at that green blob next to your sushi the same again.
  2. A technocrat speaks: “Local and organic is a romantic myth – the future of sustainable agriculture is all about smart technology and scaling up”.
  3. How does agriculture use land?
  4. Which crops make money?
  5. Who will eat most meat?

The last three are intended to whet your appetite for next week’s podcast on nutritional yield.

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