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Editor: Nick Rebman
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2015945641
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hand, Carol.
Sustainable agriculture / Carol Hand.
p. cm. -- (Cutting-edge science and technology)
ISBN 978-1-62403-919-5 (lib. bdg.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sustainable agriculture --Juvenile literature. I. Title.
631.5--dc23
2015945641
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