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Blots on the landscape
Colombia is blessed with some of the most diverse and fertile terrains on earth. For example I have lost count of the number of new fruits that we have sampled in less than a month, it’s probably running at one … Continue reading
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Eggs is eggs? (part deux)
I’ve been educating myself on chickens. A little while back a thought popped into my head that wouldn’t budge. I wondered why it is that there is a big deal in livestock farming about heirloom breeds, but not so much … Continue reading
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Eggs is eggs?
Back in August a huge salmonella scare resulted in half a billion eggs being recalled from America’s supermarkets. Not only that but all of those eggs came from just two farms in Iowa. According to Grist, just 205 companies are … Continue reading
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