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The past two Internet-focused decades have produced a recurring theme: the planet is shrinking. Technological innovation has enabled communication between people, as well as across nations and cultures, at a level of ease previously unimaginable. However, that sense of the world getting smaller also stems from a heightened awareness of the resources that we must extract from the planet to feed a growing population, particularly in urban centres where residents are typically disconnected from their food sources.
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Beaugé, M. (2017). Digging In. In: Etmanski, C. (eds) Food Leadership. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-050-9_5
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