Food Tank

JUNE 10, 2024

It finds that land ownership is being consolidated in the hands of a few powerful actors, squeezing out smaller farmers, pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples, and others who rely on traditional farmland. Land grabbing, or the large-scale appropriation of land, is one of the main causes, which can compromise the land’s original agroecology.

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Food Tank

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

About a third of the world’s soils are currently degraded, the FAO says , and poor land management practices and hyper-industrialized agriculture is pushing that number higher. farmland toward regenerative practices by the end of the decade. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate.

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The Equation

MARCH 4, 2024

But maybe the most famous sabotage occurred in March of 2023, after heavy rains flooded Dear Creek and someone artificially diverted the water flow toward Allensworth to protect industrial farmland operations elsewhere. Denise and Kayode participated in the ALBA program , a land-based training for future agroecology small farmers.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Perfectly square patches of farmland cover the entire southeast of the state. If Nebraska is a quilt, the seamstresses are its farmers – agriculture has defined the landscape of Nebraska to such an extent that you can literally see it from space. If only my attempts at patchwork quilting looked as neat as this, I thought.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 12, 2024

The argument that cultivated meat threatens agriculture is paradoxical, says Madre Brava’s Muzi, whose parents are Argentinian ranchers. An important shift to this type of alternative proteins could free up a lot of farmland to allow for more agroecological farming ,” he says, such as incorporating rewilding projects to mitigate emissions.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

Young Farmers opposed the bill when it was initially released and mobilized hundreds of advocates in direct and grassroots action to encourage House Agriculture Committee members to vote against it. 12301) A step back in federal farmland conservation tools for land access. The Farmland Access Act (S.2507)

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