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Economic Thinkers
Why Less Land Needs To Make More Food

With population growth adding almost three billion people by 2050, we need to figure out how to produce more food with less land and fewer emissions.

Weekly Roundup and food charity and agricultural productivity
Economic History
A Tale of Two Adam Smiths

Whereas Adam Smith might have valued the Real Junk Food Project, he knew that the market’s agricultural productivity was what really fed people.

Business
How Big Data Helps Little Farms

Using sensors that collect, control and coordinate data, indoor farmers can lower cost and boost their agricultural productivity.

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