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Raking rice paddies in China with an ox-drawn plough. Engraving by J. June after A. Heckel.

Chinese Peasants Taught the USDA to Farm Organically in 1909

A hundred years later, we are still learning.

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The Role of Voting in American Politics

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Chinese Peasants Taught the USDA to Farm Organically in 1909

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