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What is Agriculture For?

In this episode of WHY: Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life, host Jack Russell Weinstein explores one of humanity’s oldest and most consequential questions: What is agriculture for? Joined by Paul B. Thompson, Professor Emeritus at Michigan State University and author of What Is Agriculture For?, the conversation examines how farming shapes not only our food systems, but our ethics, identities, technologies, and relationships to nature.

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