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Can we create the "perfect" farm? - Brent Loken

2020-10-12

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Explore the innovative ways countries are revolutionizing farming to ensure we can feed humanity in a way that works with the environment.

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About 10,000 years ago, humans began to farm. This agricultural revolution was a turning point in our history and enabled the existence of civilization. Today, nearly 40% of our planet is farmland. Spread all over the world, these lands are the pieces to a global puzzle we’re all facing: in the future, how can we feed every member of a growing population a healthy diet? Brent Loken investigates.

Lesson by Brent Loken, directed by Hype CG.

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