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Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-09-01 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Policy Reform in American Agriculture
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Pages: 300
Authors: David Orden
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Enduring Seeds
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Authors: Gary Paul Nabhan
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-10 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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As biological diversity continues to shrink at an alarming rate, the loss of plant species poses a threat seemingly less visible than the loss of animals but in