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Land and People
A source on food, farming and rural society
Monday, November 24, 2008
Besieged and hungry
"Bakeries in the besieged Gaza Strip have begun grounding second-rate wheat, usually fed to farm animals and birds, to replace depleted reserves as the ongoing Israeli blockade reached its 18th day on
Saturday
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soil through toes
nose in the wet
earth he waits
prays to the gods
and slowly harvests
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