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If you haven't heard what's happening with seeds, let me tell you. They're disappearing, about like every damn thing else. You know the story already, you know it better than I do, the forests and the songbirds, the Appalachian Mountains, the fish in the ocean. But I'm not going to talk about anything that makes us feel hopeless, or despairing, because there's no despair in a seed. There's only life, waiting for the right conditions--sun and water, warmth and soil--to be set free. Every day mill
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― The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food
― The Seed Underground: A Growing Revolution to Save Food
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In 1991, 56.2% of all clothes purchased in the United States were American-made. By 2012, it was down to 2.5%. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 1990 and 2012, the U.S. textile and garment industry lost 1.2 million jobs. That was more than 3/4s the sectors labor force, said it to Latin America and Asia. Once-vibrant industrial centers down the Eastern Seaboard and across the South faded into ghost towns, as factories sat empty and those who were laid off went on unemployment.
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― Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
― Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes
Nature/Naturalist/Environmentalist literature - aiming for diversity of writer/writing.
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