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Sunday, February 14, 2010

"Food Security" In Russia


This isn't related to food safety in the way most of the posts you'll find here are. No, this post highlights a much more literal interpretation of the term "food security." According to USA Today  a 73 year old Russian potato farmer in the remote region of Primorye (roughly translated as "by the sea") has been convicted for illegal production and possession of explosives, after a neighbor was injured by a blast from a homemade landmine. When asked about the mines, which the farmer had placed around a potato plot, he explained that they were to ward off thieves.

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