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Farming and Food Production

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Healthy and local is the focus of this special collection around the people who grow and bring organic food to local markets and the people who shop at these markets. Topics also include how farmers grow organic food and the quality of our food supply around issues to include local economy, seeding, use of pestisides and fertilisers, water, food security, availability and pricing.

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How to Feed People without Destroying our Environment?

The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment is discovering solutions to Earth's biggest problems, including the big question: how are we going to feed a growing world without destroying it? This slide show focuses on cross-issues of agriculture and population. More info at environment.umn.edu.