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Food Waste: Why Should You Care?
Have you ever ordered a huge portion of food at a restaurant, couldn’t finish it all, and had to take a doggy bag home? After…
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Rebuilding the Forgotten Pillar of Society
I was trying to understand recent trends in world affairs when I came across an interesting book: The Third Pillar: How the State and Markets…
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How Does Food Waste Threaten The Rothschild’s Giraffe?
Food waste has a grave impact on the environment, the economy, and society. Wasted food represents a portion of the world’s agricultural production that could…
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Sustainable Technologies Can Power a Brighter Future
Today, our society faces the severe consequences of climate change, pollution, and loss of natural resources. Sustainable technologies work to fight against these devastating developments,…
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The Saba Saba Protests in Kenya
From the second I landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport last July, I could sense a lingering tension. Security guards suspiciously stared down each passenger,…
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On Liberty
John Stuart Mills was an English philosopher, politician, and economist during the 19th century. Mills was an influential figure, advancing the field of political economy…
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Development as Freedom
Amartya Sen is an Indian economist and philosopher, renowned for his work on famine, human development, and welfare economics. In 1998, Sen was awarded the…
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The Pros and Cons of Food Subsidies
The argument in favor of food subsidies is primarily that of stability and security Governments around the world use food subsidies as a tool to…
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Is Mexico Returning to Authoritarianism?
Following Mexican Independence, decades of uncertainty in Mexico’s political sphere ensued. PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) was able to maintain power for most of the period…
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The Conservation Agriculture Movement
As society has evolved, agricultural practices have been ever changing. In the modern era, large commercial farms and heavy machinery are the backbone of the…
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Agriculture Technological Innovations and Ethical Dilemmas
Through consistent innovation, agricultural technology is currently evolving at a very fast pace. These new technologies help to address some of the world’s most dire…
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Why Nations Fail
My web search on food insecurity around the world and its causes quickly became a quest to understand why some countries do much better than…
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