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The Legacy of Lee Kyung Hae The organic farms that line the Han River in South Korea may be the country s agricultural future – and sadly, they tell the story of its troubled past and present. More broadly, the Korean agricultural crisis is a story of small farmers forced to negotiate among the shifting currents of globalization. The industrialization of South Korea s agriculture, the Green Revolution, rendered many farmers reliant on multinational seed and fertilizer companies. But more damaging, according to John Feffer, are several agricultural policies – pressure to open markets and protectionist tariffs – imposed by the United States. South Korean farmers have shifted their attention to organic farming, as way to find their niche in local and regional markets, though imported goods still pose a threat. Still remembering the suicide of a Korean farmer – a response to crippling agricultural policies – at the 2003 meeting in Cancun, the farmers now anxiously await th

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