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by wikipedia on 2005-04-01 05:36:17Subsidies encourage organic farming (wikipedia.org) and precision agriculture (wikipedia.org), often combined in the idea of the "garden economy". When the USSR was unable to feed itself it was often observed that over half of the local food supply was coming from small private gardens growing native varieties with organic means, despite the fact that the government had done everything in its power to discourage such small-scale organic entrepreneurs.
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text: 'Subsidies encourage organic farming (wikipedia.org) and precision agriculture (wikipedia.org), often combined in the idea of the "garden economy". When the USSR was unable to feed itself it was often observed that over half of the local food supply was coming from small private gardens growing native varieties with organic means, despite the fact that the government had done everything in its power to discourage such small-scale organic entrepreneurs.'
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date: 2005-04-01 05:36:17
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