Summary Of What Farm-To-Table Got Wrong

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I did enjoy the article “What Farm-to-Table Got Wrong” because of the topic. I felt like this topic either people enjoy because they have a agriculture background or they do not enjoy because they do not ever deal with agriculture. Even though I believe agriculture is important to everyone's daily life, not everyone thinks that they or care. In this article I thought that they had a well thought out plan of the article and it was structured absolutely well. I liked how the author used questions and then answered them also. I did not really find anything that was not good while reading this article. I agree with the author when he said flavor will began to guide the consumers reshaping and diet. I enjoyed having very few facts in the article,

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