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Friday, April 3, 2020

The Biggest Chokepoint in the Global Food Supply Chain Is Trucks

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-03/the-biggest-chokepoint-in-the-global-food-supply-chain-is-trucks
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