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Humans deploy prodigious efforts to mark a few arid acres...
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With the imprint of their labor.
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Humans shaped the land with the
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Patience and devotion that the earth demands,
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In an almost sacrificial ritual performed over and over.
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Agriculture is still the world's most widespread occupation.
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Half of humankind tills the soil,
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Over three-quarters of them by hand.
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Agriculture is like a tradition handed down...
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From generation to generation in sweat, graft and toil,
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Because for humanity it is a prerequisite of survival.
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But after relying on muscle power for so long,