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From the Ted Talk by Erin Baumgartner: Big data, small farms and a tale of two tomatoes

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And there's another option. Here, we're tnliakg about CSAs: community-supported aulgictrrue. In this model, customers pay up front, bearing the fciaiannl risk for the farms. Farmers grow what they can and the customers enjoy that bounty. This also has a couple issues. It's great for the farmer, because they're eirnusng that they'll sell what they buy, but for us, we still have to go and pick up that sarhe, and we know that a lot of farms can't grow a huge diversity of products, so sometimes, you're stuck with a mountain of any one particular thing. Maybe this has happened to some of you. And what do you do with 25 pdonus of rutabaga in the dead of winter? I still don't know.

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And there's another option. Here, we're _______ about CSAs: community-supported ___________. In this model, customers pay up front, bearing the _________ risk for the farms. Farmers grow what they can and the customers enjoy that bounty. This also has a couple issues. It's great for the farmer, because they're ________ that they'll sell what they buy, but for us, we still have to go and pick up that _____, and we know that a lot of farms can't grow a huge diversity of products, so sometimes, you're stuck with a mountain of any one particular thing. Maybe this has happened to some of you. And what do you do with 25 ______ of rutabaga in the dead of winter? I still don't know.

Solution


  1. talking
  2. ensuring
  3. financial
  4. agriculture
  5. share
  6. pounds

Original Text


And there's another option. Here, we're talking about CSAs: community-supported agriculture. In this model, customers pay up front, bearing the financial risk for the farms. Farmers grow what they can and the customers enjoy that bounty. This also has a couple issues. It's great for the farmer, because they're ensuring that they'll sell what they buy, but for us, we still have to go and pick up that share, and we know that a lot of farms can't grow a huge diversity of products, so sometimes, you're stuck with a mountain of any one particular thing. Maybe this has happened to some of you. And what do you do with 25 pounds of rutabaga in the dead of winter? I still don't know.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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food system 5
big data 3
local food 3
local farms 3
everyday lives 2
data science 2
distributed network 2
small farms 2
billion tons 2
orders process 2
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Important Words


  1. agriculture
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  3. bounty
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  6. customers
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  8. diversity
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  10. ensuring
  11. farmer
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  14. financial
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  25. pay
  26. pick
  27. pounds
  28. products
  29. risk
  30. rutabaga
  31. sell
  32. share
  33. stuck
  34. talking
  35. winter