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Unlike the US, Europe is setting ambitious targets for producing more organic food

  • Written by Kathleen Merrigan, Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems, Arizona State University
imageAn organic food market in Berlin.Schöning/ullstein bild via Getty Images

President Joe Biden has called for an all-of-government response to climate change that looks for solutions and opportunities in every sector of the U.S. economy. That includes agriculture, which emits over 600 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent every year &n...

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