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WASTE NOT, WANT NOT

hat does it mean to eat sustainably today? A commonly accepted definition is that sustainable eating is choosing food that is healthy for both your body and the environment. And, given that raising livestock consumes one-third of the world’s fresh water, guidelines often suggest moving to plant-based eating. What if we reduced our reliance on traditional agriculture by learning to love invasive species instead? That’s the premise of artist and curator Kirsha Kaechele’s project and lavish art book, . “It’s the practice of turning shit into gold,” she writes in the book’s introduction. “And solving multiple problems at once, which is what systems-based thinking

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