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Corn Field. Courtesy of Kansas Corn Growers Association The minute hand on the clock moved from thirty-nine to forty. For the first time in recent memory, I found myself riveted, saddened a class period would soon end. I wanted the minutes to stretch out for as . . . → Read More: The Power of an Agronomist’s Language David Gessner, “My Green Manifesto: Down the Charles River in Pursuit of a New Environmentalism” Milkweed Editions 2011, 225 pages, paperback, $15
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