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Op-Ed | Why the World’s Food Systems Need to Transition Away from Industrial Agriculture

Food Tank

Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose. By creating mechanisms that connect farmers, seed providers, trainers, financers, innovators, retailers and other players in the food sector across the world, COP28 can build the momentum for agroecology. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Importance and Economic Implications of Industrial Agriculture

Agric4profits

Industrial agriculture refers to the large-scale, mechanized production of crops and livestock, employing modern technology and techniques to maximize efficiency.

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The Truth about Industrial Agriculture 

Trimble Agriculture

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.

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Op-Ed | Look to Local Food Policies for Climate Hope

Food Tank

Industrial agriculture and associated land-use changes are the biggest drivers of food system emissions. They are succeeding because they are collaborating across governmental departments; establishing robust planning, monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms; and creating inclusive processes and partnerships.

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The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”

The Equation

Farmworkers face many hazards while performing the labor that props up the $1.264 trillion US food and farm economy, yet a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) found that federal agencies focused on agriculture and health invested an average of only $16.2 5138 (Industrial Agricultural Accountability Act), and S.3285

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In Brazil, a Powerful Law Protects Biodiversity and Blocks Corporate Piracy

Civil Eats

There, plants haven’t had their survival characteristics bred out of them in favor of qualities like super-charged yields and other features of industrial agriculture. For many years, Europeans and Americans took whatever they found in these and other biodiverse places without asking, or paying, anyone. A stevia plant.

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Conservation Programs Offer Solutions to Climate Threats, But Are Vastly Underfunded 

Modern Farmer

Department of Agriculture denied Albert Johnson Sr.’s In an age of mechanized and industrialized agriculture, they face many challenges in operating a sustainable cattle farm—and there’s federal assistance to help with that. Mississippi, a state where agriculture is the No. When the U.S.

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