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the parade in Brazil
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The Mission  

It has recently been announced that the Trump administration has granted Brazil the go-ahead to export beef to the US,...
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social media and farming
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Sociable Farming

I remember the first time I heard about Facebook. A girl in my college class told me that it was...
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creepy little girls is what this girl from Hereditary is
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Creepy Little Girls

A new guilty pleasure of mine has been watching horror films. I used to scorn them for their predictability, cheap...
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Cholitas Wrestling
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Kayfabulous Women

I have a feeling that most people are going to remember the moment when they realized that the Coronavirus was...
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Vernon Bowman's story of fighting Monsanto
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Planting the (Patented) Seed of Resistance

Several years ago, supporters of a 75 year-old Indiana farmer received disappointing news. The Supreme Court ruled against Vernon Bowman...
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Wagyu is the most expensive steak.
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The Lavish Wagyu

I tend to be a quantity-over-quality type of guy. Instead of a nice pair of jeans, I’d rather have three...
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Japanese Dairy Farmers
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Japan and its Milk Modernity

The history of agriculture in most western nations follows the same pattern. Humans on the European continent domesticated the aurochs...
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Cornhole is the game of competitors
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(Corn)holed Up in the US

“It’s all the rage,” my father said. “Everyone is doing it.” I was a bit skeptical. The last time my...
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squirrel being silly
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Meeting the Apocalypse in Suburbia

This was written a year ago, at the beginning of the coronavirus. Strange, funny, and discouraging how long ago that...
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Berlin Wall
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The Wall

Recently I went back to Berlin to visit an old friend. The German capital is a vibrant, international city known...
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Silo City
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Silo City

They gave us white handkerchiefs and asked us to wear them over our faces for the purpose of anonymity. We...
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sheep are useful satire devices
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Sheep and Satire

Despite being from a small Catholic country, the sheep of Ireland have garnered an international reputation for being particularly lustful....
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