This post first appeared at Truthout . (Photo: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)/flickr CC 2.0 ) By now, most Americans know that the world’s rainforests are being cut down at an alarming rate, coral reefs are dying from ocean acidification and warming and the sea is being overfished to the point of exhaustion. We are in the midst of an unprecedented collapse of biodiversity, the largest extinction event since the dinosaurs disappeared from the earth 65 million years ago. It is essential that we preserve the remaining crop varieties that we still have. But fewer people have heard about...
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