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https://victorhanson.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/vdh_calif_insider_podcast.jpg1280671With technological advancements, farming is becoming more efficient – delivering more food to more places. But family farmers are shrinking in California. Victor Davis Hanson, historian and farmer explains what is lost in the transition to corporate farming and its impact on our farming communities.