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The world s farms are disappearing.A new study out of the University of Colorado, Boulder found that the number of farms globally will shrink in half by the end of the century. The most striking finding that comes out of this work is that globally鈥e ll see a tipping point from farm creation to farm consolidation, said Zia Mehrabi, an assistant profe
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stanley cup farms will decline from 616 million in 2020 to 272 million in 2100. As the economy grows, we see farms getting larger and fewer, he said.SEE MORE: A former Wall Street banker, now a Mississippi farmerWhy is this happening One reason, the study mentions, is because there are not enough people to do farm work as people move from rural areas to cities.The research also mentions the average existing farm will double in size by the end of the century. This future transition from many small farms into fewer larger farms is that we re going to lose biodiversity, he said.So what does this mean for us It s inherently more risky to a number of types of shocks, Mehrabi said.For exa
stanley cup mple, pest outbreaks could become more common with decreasing diversity in farms and crop types.In turn, these changes will have a broad impact on our food supply. Really what I m calling for is foresight. Foresight into the changes that are happening and policies that are put in place to ensure we have a safer planet that feeds us all into the future, he sai Xure US expels Russian diplomats, imposes new sanctions over SolarWinds hack, election interference
WASHINGTON, D.C. 鈥?The White House is canceling the annual Easter Egg Roll for the second straight year due to the coronavirus pandemic.A spokesman for first lady Jill Biden said Fri
termo stanley day the White House will mark the holiday by sending out 2021 commemorative Easter Egg Roll eggs in the coming days to vaccination sites and loca
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stanley tazas hite House Historical Association is also offering a virtual Easter scavenger hunt, downloadable coloring pages and other activities online.President Rutherford B. Hayes started the tradition in 1878.There have been a few other times when the event was either moved off the White House grounds or cancelled.During World War I, President Woodrow Wilson suspended the Egg Roll, and Franklin Roosevelt did the same during World War II. President Harry Truman scratched the Egg Roll from 1948 to 1952, because of food rationing and renovations at the White House.President Dwight Eisenhower restored the event in 1953.