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>"How agricultural workers organized, protested and faced down Prime Minister Narendra Modi — and scored an unlikely victory."

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>"Government reserves are replacing a way of life that spanned generations but culminated in deadly conflict with farmers"

"The bottom line is that we need to begin reducing the number of food animals on the planet and incentivise different consumption models. 20 meat and dairy firms emit more greenhouse gas than Germany, Britain or France."