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Culture
'We're at a very dangerous moment'

The book is about hybrids. The real argument is bigger.

Chase Purdy · 11 min read · Subscribers only
A better grape stuck in Purgatory

The loop hybrids find tough to break

Chase Purdy · 8 min read · Subscribers only
Hybrids in Paris, one year later

This is how a quiet revolution ends.

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Subscribers only
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Politics
An early look at a Congressional food fight

What the Senate's new Farm Bill draft keeps, kills, and quietly ignores

Chase Purdy · 5 min read
Are we on the cusp of the first $1 trillion Farm Bill?

A trillion dollars, mostly groceries

Chase Purdy · 7 min read
The $4.99 bird for everyone

Let them eat Costco

Chase Purdy · 10 min read
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Land
Hybrid grapes need a winemaking playbook

Research says it's the technique, not the grape

Chase Purdy · 10 min read · Subscribers only
The economics holding hybrid grapes back

The science is pretty settled. The economics? Not so much

Chase Purdy · 6 min read · Subscribers only
Brazil is gunning to be the top agricultural superpower

It's not just tariffs. It's 20 years of infrastructure plays

Chase Purdy · 19 min read
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