"Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.“


-Wendell Berry

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Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.

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