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The prospect of quick gains from occupying publicly owned forestland induces private individuals to grab and clear as much of these areas as quickly as possible, without regard for the environmental and social impact of their behavior.

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For instance, imagine that in 1900, you owned 100 acres of land someplace in the Midwest.

Part of my work now is really laying the groundwork to integrate urban ag and rural food systems to hasten the demise of the 3,000-mile salad by creating a national brand of urban-grown produce in every city, that uses regional growing power and augments it with indoor growing facilities, owned and operated by small growers, where now there are only consumers.

And then he describes the home he owned in their village.

He had just signed the contract to sell his New York apartment at a six-figure profit, and he'd only owned it for five years.

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