Big, Beautiful Farms

I am constantly amazed at the numbers of people who sit at their (say) Toshiba computers on a chair from Ikea or Office Depot wearing Levis and drinking Coke and…

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Good News: Argentine Agricultural Export Tax Defeated

Earlier I posted on my reactions to the standoff between Argentine farmers and the government over a proposed export tax on grains of around 40%. Given the widespread reporting on…

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Food History and Food Politics

I’m writing this partly because I’ve now been blogging for about six months and it seemed time to take stock, partly because of Ji Young’s three long commentaries on posts…

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