ATHENS — Without direct intervention, food systems could be the largest contributor to environmental pollution by mid-century.
This warning β and more importantly, the research efforts in place to make change β were highlighted in Edward Bucklerβs keynote address at the 2023 D.W. Brooks Lecture and Awards.
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