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Future of Family Farms in the San Joaquin Valley

Caff

In the 19702, in the wake of the Bracero immigration program’s end, an economic downturn, market concentration, and new technological development, researchers at the University of California developed an industrial-scaled mechanical tomato harvester, which added fuel to the fire, pushing farmers “to get big or get out”.

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End-of-year reflections: Creating conditions for transformative change

Sustainable Food Trust

This payment might be a set amount of money paid to farmers for each acre that they include in the scheme. It would also help them to understand – and clearly communicate to others – the sustainability of their system, regardless of whether their farm is regenerative, agroecological, organic or biodynamic.

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Why we’re in a critical period in the development of regenerative agriculture

Agritecture Blog

PepsiCo wants to spread regenerative agricultural practices across seven million acres, while General Mills recently reported that 115,000 acres are currently enrolled in its regenerative programme (the target is 1 million acres by 2030). Interest in this space is certainly “heating up,” says Andy Zynga , CEO at EIT Food.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If But whatever its judgment, the US-Mexican dispute has put a needed spotlight on mounting global concern about the consolidation of a food system dominated by a handful of biotech and chemical firms.

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