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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. We need to rethink our food systems and transition to diversified agroecological systems that can ensure we address this twin challenge, and to provide nutritious diets to a growing population without destroying the planet.

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What is Regenerative Agriculture, and Why Does It Matter?

Sustainable Harvest International

SHI-Belize partner farmer Juvini Acosta reforests land affected by conventional agriculture. Industrial agriculture prioritizes profit over the health of the planet. What it is Regenerative farming methods actively work to strengthen underground fungal networks, reversing the damage inflicted by conventional agriculture.

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Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

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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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If Though supposedly the beneficiaries of that grand US-directed experiment in industrial agriculture, they lack enthusiasm for its sequel.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

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. The book spotlights Quabbin Harvest, a food co-op in downtown Orange, Massachusetts, a former mill town that has seen better days. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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