What an ‘America First’ Diet Would Really Look Like
The notion that the U.S. could produce all of its food domestically is nice, but very far from reality.
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Yasmin Tayag
Yasmin Tayag is a staff writer at The Atlantic. Before joining in 2021, she was the science editor at OneZero, Future Human, and Inverse. Her writing has been published by The New Yorker, The New York Times, Bon Appétit, and other publications. At The Atlantic, Yasmin writes about science and the future of food.
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