Leaf conference: Farmers are part of the climate change solution

With a focus on the threat posed to the world by climate change, the Leaf conference heard more on what farmers are doing

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Leaf conference: Farmers are part of the climate change solution

A rapid rise in carbon dioxide has raised the prospect of human extinction in decades, but that catastrophic event can still be prevented relatively easy. That was the sobering, but ultimately optimistic...

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