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Trimble Agriculture
JULY 17, 2024
Industrial agriculture is a term often used negatively, but is it the villain it’s made out to be? The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. The greater the consolidation, the more “industrialized” our food system becomes.
Food Tank
JANUARY 9, 2025
Lundberg Family Farms is scaling production of their regenerative organic products to improve soil health, sequester carbon, and protect wildlife. You can just start with a part of [the farm] and see how it goes and see if it works for you. Farmers have just 24 to 48 hours to effectively pull this off.
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Daily Yonder
JUNE 28, 2024
Shane Hamilton is a historian of American agriculture and agribusiness who teaches at the University of York in the United Kingdom. Witnessing the struggles my parents faced led me to an acute awareness of the value of education as a means of finding better opportunities outside of agriculture.
The Equation
APRIL 3, 2023
My answer regarding agricultural and ecological droughts is a bit more complicated, as farmers and environmentalists alike continue to advocate for more water to be allocated to their causes, making it evident that our current and projected water supply is still insufficient.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
In the months before Patrick Brown was born in November 1982, his father, Arthur, lay down on a road near the familys farm to prevent a caravan of yellow dump trucks from depositing toxic soil in his community. Patrick currently operates Brown Family Farms on the land that Byron worked as a sharecropper once he was freed.
Civil Eats
MAY 1, 2024
When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 These nitrogen-based compounds, common in agricultural runoff, are linked to multiple cancers and health issues for those exposed. ppm for nitrates. Tesdell’s is 80.
Modern Farmer
JULY 10, 2023
The torrent overwhelmed dams, swelled rivers and crumbled levees, inundating entire farming communities, including Lerda-Goni and a dozen other ranches, and reawakening a long-dormant lake lying beneath the vast agricultural region. Despite the resilience of family [farms], the mega-trend is undeniable,” says Raudabaugh.
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