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The Grasslands


Picture yourself being able to see from horizon to horizon. The land is
flat, and covered with different kinds of crops and small bunches of trees. You
can see a village near the river. Most houses are made of brick, with some
being wood. Power lines run up and down the street.
Close your eyes and the scene changes to a less familiar place. The land
is flat with some steep hills nearby. In this scene, instead of brick and wood
houses you see houses made out of dung. The ground is dry and barely alive.
Now close your eyes and imagine yet another scene. The sky is almost
the only thing you see with gentle rolling hills all around you. Even rows of
wheat stretch into the distance. You are near a white picket fenced farm with
big cottonwoods shading it from the scorching sun.
You have just visited a collective farm in the Soviet Union, a Masai
village in Africa and Abilene, Kansas, which is located in the U.S. These three
places are part of the......

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