Alternative Agriculture

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From Unknown (YouTube) -- During this on-air radio interview, a subsistence farmer in Hawaii - Jon Biloon - shares his studies of alternative agriculture, and discusses the dangers of genetically modified foods and how the mass production agri-business is robbing individuals of proper produce nutrients.

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