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wtg
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The extinction crisis that no one’s talking about

Coffee, wine, and wheat varieties are among the foods we could lose forever.


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And an article today in the NYT about how reduction in biodiversity in the mountains (in the form of post WWII reforestation being done with only cedar trees) has resulted in a decline in water quality, thereby reducing the quality of wasabi, possibly threatening its extinction as well. Frowner


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