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A RECENT study conducted by the Soil Conservation Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture concluded that there are 111 million acres of land in the United States not now in crops that could be converted to cropland if needed.
Sounds comforting, right? Sort of refutes the conservationists’ arguments about the need for preserving farmland, right? Makes the future of our food production look safe and comfortable, right?
Well, not exactly. A closer look at the statistics reveals a less rosy picture than might be supposed. Only 24 million
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