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Mexico is the world’s largest exporter of avocados, the second-largest exporter of…
A farmer in central California told me something last year that stuck:…
I spent a few days last summer walking almond orchards in California’s…
Here’s something that bugs me every time I walk past a farm…
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A spring frost can wipe out an orchard in one night. I…
If you’ve ever walked into a greenhouse at 2 PM in August,…
Brazil feeds a tenth of the world. Soybeans, coffee, sugarcane, corn, beef.…
