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The Food Issue
2016
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Agriculture is vital to every human on Earth. It is the industry that produces the food we eat every day, providing
nourishment to the planet’s population of more than seven billion people—a figure that increases by 225,000
people each day. It should come as no surprise, then, that in every corner of the globe there are farmers. Each of
these farmers frequently has to overcome challenges that are unique to where he or she lives, but they all have
the same ultimate goal—to produce food for their families and many other families like theirs scattered around
the world. To get a better understanding of how farming differs across geographical and cultural lines,
GrainsWest
connected with farmers from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Kenya and Ukraine. These are their stories.
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