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To Save the Corn Belt, Plant Trees

Source
Mother Jones

Publication Date
2021-10-19

America’s corn belt—a broad swath of land stretching from Nebraska to Ohio—ranks as the globe’s most agriculturally productive region during the summer months. Its farms churn out the bulk of domestically grown corn and soybeans, most of which goes to feed the livestock that satisfies our meat habit, makes cheap fat and sweeteners for Big Food, and produces the ethanol that constitutes about 10 percent of our car fuel.

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https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/10/corn-belt-agroforestry-trees-erosion-carbon-sequestration-walnuts-acorns/