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It's Not Just Avian Flu: The Hidden Risks in Our Food System

It's Not Just Avian Flu: The Hidden Risks in Our Food System

Update: 2025-02-06
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The recent egg shortages and avian flu outbreaks aren't just hurting our pocketbooks, they reveal how the consolidation of American agriculture has created dangerous vulnerabilities in our food system. David and Matt dive deep into the precarious state of American farming with Jeff Bender, a North Carolina farmer with 40 years of experience. Bender explains how farming has transformed from the diverse "Old MacDonald" model of small family farms to a rigid, industrial system dominated by monocultures and massive operations, where a single disease outbreak could devastate entire sectors of food production. 

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It's Not Just Avian Flu: The Hidden Risks in Our Food System

It's Not Just Avian Flu: The Hidden Risks in Our Food System

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