Food Politics

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

It summarizes the highlights: Number of farms: 1.9 million (down 7% from 2017) Average size: 463 acres (up 5%) Total farmland: 880 million acres of farmland (down 2%), accounting for 39% of all U.S. Farms with sales of $50,000 or less: 1.4 million (74% of farms); they sell 2%. For example: What more to say?

Agriculture 204

Agriculture Agriculture Farmland Acre 204

Modern Farmer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Catastrophe loomed everywhere I looked: in the dust bowls on the once-fertile plains of central Turkey, in the vanishing lakes of Mexico City, in the fetid cesspools outside the factory farms of North Carolina, in the disease-ravaged olive trees of Puglia, in the rapid wiping away of diverse food webs in every biome. Photo submitted.

Food 141

Food Agriculture Agriculture Pasture 141

Food Tank

APRIL 29, 2024

That’s why less than 10 percent of farms still have animals. Previously, it was cost-effective for farmers to graze their cattle or grow their own feed. Meanwhile, Black ownership of farmland has declined significantly, from 16–19 million acres in 1910 to fewer than 3 million today.

Family Farming 68

Family Farming Farming Farming Acre 68

Sustainable Food Trust

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

But now, the position that these farmers find themselves in, is that they have become commodity slaves, encouraged by the supermarkets and food companies to produce the cheapest possible milk, beef, grain and vegetables. The retailers and food companies don’t even refer to buying crops anymore.

Food 133

Food Farming Farming Tractor 133