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In this essay I discuss the ways in which not recognizing that the death of organisms plays a part in our food producing systems, distances us from life’s ecological processes and explore how this plays a role in devaluing the sources of our food. I argue that modern society’s deep separation from our agricultural systems play a part in our current ecological illiteracy.
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Peck, S.L. Death and the ecological crisis. Agric Hum Values 27, 105–109 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10460-008-9189-y
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