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MRM Research Roundup: Mid-December 2019 Edition

Modern Restaurant Management

Meanwhile, new ingredient growing regions, such as those in Africa and India, and agricultural innovations, including floating farms, will emerge to tackle global food insecurity. We find that in nearly three-quarters of countries in the index, less than 10 percent of agricultural land is equipped for irrigation. Global Food Security.

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Blue Hill at Stone Barns Tells a Beautiful Story. Former Employees Say It’s Too Good to Be True.

EATER

No chef has shaped the 21st-century conversation about the connections between agriculture , cuisine , ecology , health , and climate change more profoundly than Barber. The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, a nonprofit regenerative farm and educational center, opened in 2004 on the site of a former dairy farm.

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