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1) list the inputs for a named commercial food production system (for example a corn field in indiana)
2) list the outputs for the same commercial food production system,
3) list the inputs for subsistence farming in a rural area of equador
4) list the outputs for the same subsistence farming in a rural area of equador
5) which method is more sustainable?
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