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References
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/07/15/485722228/where-did-agriculture-begin-oh-boy-its-complicated#:~:text=Sometime%20around%2012%2C000%20years%20ago,like%20goats%20and%20wild%20oxen.

https://www.pnas.org/content/115/6/1137#:~:text=Based%20on%20their%20model%20using,order%20of%20%E2%88%BC10%20million.

http://www.foodsystemprimer.org/food-distribution/

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2005-04-01/why-our-food-so-dependent-oil/

https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=leopold_pubspapers

https://www.choicesmagazine.org/magazine/article.php?article=114

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http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/ERP/uni/F4D.pdf

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