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Perilous Bounty – Tom Philpott on the Looming Crisis for American Farming

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Release Date: 02/23/2023

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Tom Philpott, a Senior Research Associate at The Center for a Livable Future joins the podcast to discuss his book "Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It."