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applicable here -- "A reflection on the lasting legacy of 1970s USDA Secretary Earl Butz" https://grist.org/article/the-butz-stops-here/ https://grist.org/article/the-butz-stops-here/ many American hippy environmentalists cried in pain, since some of these farms are their birthing grounds; but in the mix was a hopeless morass of post-Civil War small holders with provably dysfunctional operations, and the promises of Big Returns for Big Capital on the other side of that fence -- where the grass is always greener.