Bigger (And Better?) Sustainable Farming

Peter Smith
Writer and editor

September 2, 2010 • 8:15 am PDT
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Frederick Kaufman looks at the ambitious, if obscure, consortium called the Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops that pairs megafarms and megastores. On Earth

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Tags: environment,; food,; farming,; frederick kaufman

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