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Good Food for Cities

OPINION: To fix Europe’s food system, start with the school lunch

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Good Food at school
Good food at school
Good Food for Cities

Schools can drive food change even amidst conflict in the DRC

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Good food at school, Inclusive Markets, youth in agriculture
Good food at school
Inclusive markets
Youth in agriculture
Good Food for Cities

The human rights report of the supermarkets

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Press release: Supermarkets fall short in tackling fair income for farmers and workers

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Inclusive markets, gender equality
Inclusive markets
Gender equality
Sustainable rice

From Confucius’ bent arm to the west african canteens

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Good food at school, Regenerative agriculture
Good food at school
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Planting seeds for better school food systems in West African cities

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Inclusive markets, Good Food at School
Inclusive markets
Good food at school
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

School meals: a missing link in cocoa and coffee communities?

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Inclusive markets, Good Food at School
Inclusive markets
Good food at school
Sustainable rice

27% more rice, same land: the promise of SRP cultivation in Java

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable rice

From field to market: building an SRP-verified rice value chain

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Young Ecuadorian Entrepreneurs: United to Promote Healthy School Meals

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Inclusive markets, good food at school
Inclusive markets
Good food at school
Good Food for Cities

Cooling Cities Through Urban Farming: Reflections from Depok

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Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

When partnerships end: lessons from a cocoa collaboration in Nicaragua

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Inclusive markets, Youth in agriculture
Inclusive markets
Youth in agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Six reasons why local food policies are essential

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

What our midterm evaluations reveal about food system change: insights from our global Belgian Development Cooperation funded programme

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Gender equality, Inclusive markets, Sustainable food landscapes, Regenerative agriculture, Youth in agriculture
Gender equality
Inclusive markets
Sustainable food landscapes
Regenerative agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

From migration to the farm: young farmers bring new energy to cocoa in Tanggamus, Indonesia

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Youth in agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Student restaurant Komida: where tasty and sustainable are synonyms

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Kort'om Leuven makes good food a right in Leuven

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Inclusive Markets, Regenerative Agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Good food is good education: this school in Hanoi makes children look at food differently

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Inclusive Markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

The cluster effect: boosting local value and supply chain competitiveness

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Where Better Markets Begin: Ouagadougou’s Journey to Milan

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Inclusive Markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

Seeds of change: initiatives in the rice programme

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Gender equality, inclusive markets, regernerative agriculture, youth in agriculture, sustainable food landscape
Gender equality
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

How AfriFOODlinks is turning two schools in Ouagadougou into examples of healthy transformation of their school food environment

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Inclusive Markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

Inclusive Business Models: Reflections from Rikolto's session at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2025

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Inclusive business
Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Cocoa Barometer 2025: record prices, record poverty

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

The taste of change: young people and women learn and take action with purpose in Ecuador

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Inclusive Business, Youth in Agriculture, Gender Equality
Inclusive markets
Youth in agriculture
Gender equality
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

From campus to coffee farm: Zulfa’s journey as a modern coffee farmer

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Regenerative agriculture, Youth in agriculture, Gender equality
Regenerative agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Gender equality
Good Food for Cities

Growing Against the Odds: Water Solutions for Climate-Resilient Farming in Tanzania

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Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable rice

Learning from a global leader in rice: an inspiring trip to Vietnam

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

VSLAs: local solutions driving financial inclusion in Ghana

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

A tale of two rice giants: Vietnam and Indonesia’s journey towards sustainable rice farming

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Multi-level alliances reaffirm the human right to food in Honduras

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Gender equality, Sustainable food landscapes, Inclusive markets
Gender equality
Sustainable food landscapes
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

SUCCESS: making food habits in Europe more sustainable

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Why cocoa and coffee landscapes must feed people too

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Sustainable food landscapes, Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Fair & compliant: a value chain for organic snacks through the CREA project

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Inclusive Markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Insights from living income benchmarking in Indonesia’s coffee and cocoa sector

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

From Latin America to West Africa, young people are redefining cocoa and coffee sectors 

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Youth in agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Change brewing: low-carbon coffee in Uganda

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Sustainable food landscapes, Gender equality, Youth in agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Gender equality
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable rice

SRP Rice: connecting Vietnamese farms to global markets

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Jorge from Ecuador: making good avocados work for European and Ecuadorian tables

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Reaching vulnerable groups through school food: insights from Professor Manuel Franco

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

European project ends on a festive note: Flemish schools awarded for healthy, sustainable and inclusive food at school

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

How a climate-smart financing model is turning the tide for Tanzanian rice farmers

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

The Great Food Map: making the Flemish food environment healthier

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Navigating EU Deforestation Regulation: Peru’s coffee & cocoa producers take the lead

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Sustainable food landscapes
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

How multi-level food governance can shape more inclusive food systems: lessons from food labs in Indonesia and Ecuador

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Inclusive markets, Sustainable food landscapes
Inclusive markets
Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

Local food strategies: insights from 3 Belgian cities

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

A powerful food policy: the mise-en-place for good school meals

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Ecuador: sustainable food products, powered by women

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Gender equality
Gender equality
Good Food for Cities

Urban and peri-urban agriculture for a sustainable future: Insights from Arusha, Hanoi, and Surakarta

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Sustainable food landscapes, inclusive markets
Sustainable food landscapes
Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

The straw mushroom model: a circular economy solution

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Regenerative agriculture - Gender equality
Regenerative agriculture
Gender equality
Good Food for Cities

Innovations at the heart of horticulture in South Kivu, DRCongo

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Good Food champions: how Ratna and the women of Sejahtera transform urban wastelands in Depok, Indonesia

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Gender equality, Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Gender equality
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Key takeaways on leveraging traditional markets and public food procurement for better nutrition

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable rice

The Healthy Rice Initiative: a multi-stakeholder collaboration in Mbale bringing sustainable rice from wetlands to plates

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Inclusive markets: CORCI's professionalisation process in Guatemala

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Supermarket or consumer: Who’s in the driver’s seat for changing our food habits?

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

New publication with FAO: Strengthening local and traditional food markets in cities

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Inclusive markets, Sustainable food landscapes
Inclusive markets
Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

(Vacancy) Finance & Administration Officer (50%)

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Do you have a passion for numbers and a heart for sustainability? Join our global team!
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable rice

Becoming a voice in the rice sector in Africa

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture, Sustainable food landscape
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable rice

Driving sustainability through multi-stakeholder platforms: insights from Uganda’s SRP Chapter

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable rice

Young people at the forefront of modernising rice farming in Senegal

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Youth in agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Publication | Rethinking procurement models in the cocoa sector: recommendations for more inclusive business models

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Carbon accounting: how a spreadsheet helps in the fight against climate change

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Sustainable food landscapes, Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

VOCAL, a freshly-ground alliance for a sustainable coffee sector

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

We are looking for a Head of Operations and Finance in West Africa

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Gender equality, Inclusive markets, regenerative agriculture, sustainable food landscapes, youth in agriculture
Gender equality
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Youth in agriculture
Good Food for Cities

From start-up to nurturing innovation: empowering youth agrifood entrepreneurs in growing cities

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Youth in agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable rice

Indonesia’s SRP national working group: charting the way to a sustainable rice sector in Indonesia

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Innovation and diversification: a new era in the DRC’s coffee sector

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Inclusive markets, Sustainable food landscapes, Gender equality
Inclusive markets
Sustainable food landscapes
Gender equality
Good Food for Cities

Neighbourhoods: the ideal food planning laboratories for cities?

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Investing in local markets to nurture safer and more resilient food systems in Mbeya, Tanzania

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Inclusive markets, Youth in agriculture
Inclusive markets
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Youth breaking the mould for a brighter future in cocoa

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Youth in agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable rice

A guarantee of local, sustainable and high-quality rice for Malian consumers

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Supermarkets not doing enough to respect and protect human rights, shows Belgian ranking: 'This is a wake-up call'

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Making nutritious food more available through local markets and public procurement – A technical workshop

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Food, trees and the future: a dialogue for the Ouagadougou green belt

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Rikolto and FoodWIN: new partnership in Belgium

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Rikolto Podcast: How to thrive through change?

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Gender equality, Inclusive markets, Sustainable food lanscapes, Youth in agiculture, Regenerative agriculture
Gender equality
Inclusive markets
Sustainable food landscapes
Youth in agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

SICACAO: the engine that drives cocoa from eight countries

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Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Good Food for Cities

FAO and Rikolto Join Forces to Foster Sustainable Urban Agrifood Systems

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Inclusive business, regenerative agriculture, sustainable food landscape, multilevel governance
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

From Pods to Prosperity: Empowering Cocoa Farmers’ Circular Business

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

From deforestation to forest guardians: Cajamarca charts Peru’s path to carbon-neutral coffee production

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Regenerative agriculture, inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

In southern Ecuador, alliance set up field schools for sustainable coffee production

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Uncovering pesticide risks and ensuring healthy food in Denpasar

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Webinar on the benefits, myths and opportunities of the use of biol

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Regenerative Agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Problems for farmers are problems for all of us

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regenerative agriculture, inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

EcoFoodSystems: new project launched to promote healthier and more sustainable diets in Hanoi

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Inclusive markets, regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

A new board leadership towards a new mission

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gender equality, inclusive markets, regenerative agriculture, sustainable food landscapes, youth in agriculture
Gender equality
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable food landscapes
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

Long read: the road towards living incomes and thriving cocoa farming communities asks for a sustainable food systems approach

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Good Food for Cities

Harnessing the power of co-creation for sustainable cities

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Inclusive markets, gender equality, regenerative agriculture, youth in agriculture,
Inclusive markets
Gender equality
Regenerative agriculture
Youth in agriculture
Sustainable rice

Ensuring a sustainable market for agroecological rice

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Inclusive markets, Regenerative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Good Food for Cities

Week for Good Food

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Sustainable food landscape
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable rice

A five-year journey with the Sustainable Rice Platform standard

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable rice

From rice to rice+: Rikolto’s holistic approach to sustainable farming

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Sustainable food lanscapes
Sustainable food landscapes
Sustainable rice

Side event at the International Rice Congress: Interested in accessing carbon markets for rice?

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Inclusive markets, Regernative agriculture
Inclusive markets
Regenerative agriculture
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

MOCCA: promoting accessible finance for Ecuadorian producers

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Inclusive markets
Inclusive markets
Sustainable cocoa and coffee

MOCCA: agro-ecological nurseries grow seeds for the future in Ecuador

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Regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture