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Wait a sec…how can meal kits (& grocery delivery services) POSSIBLY be sustainable?

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https://www.wired.com/story/isonline...
https://grist.org/article/shoulditr...
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/...
https://www.agclimate.net/2021/06/30/...
https://www.washington.edu/news/2013/...
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Dr. Shelie Miller, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
Dr. Isabella Gee, former postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas at Austin

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