Food Tank

APRIL 2, 2024

These efforts encompass small scale farming, agroecology, agroforestry, and reforestation. The Common Market Working in four regional hubs, The Common Market is a nonprofit food distributor connecting urban communities with local food grown on family farms.

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Cultivation Food Marketing Distribution 105

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

AUGUST 28, 2024

At a time when the effects of climate change on farmers are becoming ever more apparent and the country is losing small and mid-sized family farms at a rapidly increasing rate, the FFNSA maintains the status quo. farmers and ranchers are unable to fully participate in and benefit from emerging markets for sustainably-produced foods.

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Civil Eats

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Through captivating case studies, Thurow’s hopeful book showcases farmers who have boldly gone against the grain of modern agriculture orthodoxy and are instead embracing regenerative practices—like agroecology and permaculture—that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote resilience against climate change.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is a coalition of civil society organizations advocating for food sovereignty and agroecology across the continent. They are behind the Fair Food Program , a partnership that seeks to create a more ethical supply chain that benefits workers, growers, retailers, and eaters.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Stanton’s book focuses on the co-op’s trials and tribulations as it wrestles with supply chain issues and maintaining its membership base.

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

More than a year ago, lawmakers asked the USDA to end contracts with the company based on accusations of criminal behavior, including bribing government officials and using child labor in its supply chain. The IPCC’s Latest Climate Report Is a Final Alarm for Food Systems, Too Is Agroecology Being Coopted by Big Ag?

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As the National Family Farm Coalition points out, “Focusing only on foreign ownership distracts from an overarching trend of rising corporate investment in farmland, largely driven by U.S-based TITLE VII: Research RED FLAG Prioritizes precision agriculture over critical agroecological research. 6422, 6314, 6410, 6411).

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