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"Ethiopia is the center of origin and diversity for the majority of coffee we drink. The commodification of coffee pushes farmers to grow as much as possible by whatever means possible. This has contri..."

"Nearly every historic fruit and vegetable variety once found in the United States has disappeared."

"Taste” is a noun and a verb: We all have it and we all do it. But we don’t all have a language or a system for understanding and expressing that experience… I knew chocolate was something I didn’t wan..."

"Lack of accountability weakens the environmental and health rights of citizens; it damages peace- building and reconciliation initiatives; impedes the implementation of global health policies; leads t..."

"Dams also tend to be built in remote areas which are the last refuge for species that have been displaced by development in other regions."

"The beauty in the genome is of course that it's so small. The human genome is only on the order of a gigabyte of data...which is a tiny little database. If you take the entire living biosphere, that's..."

"Excessive gentrification destroys the biodiversity and ecosystem of a community."

"A lifetime can be spent in a Magellanic voyage around the trunk of a single tree."