🌿 Environment 1d ago · By Georgina Gustin

Production Agriculture Is Driving Grasslands Loss Across North America

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These vast carbon-storing regions aren’t getting the policy or popular attention they deserve, advocates say.By Georgina GustinCommodity crops are continuing to eat up the vast, near-mythical sweep of North American grasslands, with nearly 2 million acres being plowed under every year, mostly for corn, soybeans and wheat, according to new research.

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