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New Report Notes the Global Struggle Over Farmland and Food Sovereignty

Food Tank

Land grabbing, or the large-scale appropriation of land, is one of the main causes, which can compromise the land’s original agroecology. A global shift in food systems, including more industrialized agriculture practices and increased use of agrichemicals, is an additional contributor to the land squeeze.

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Restaurants And Farms Must Lead The Way in Empowering Consumers And Taking Meaningful Climate Action

Food Tank

The science tells us that agroecology is what we need to create farms that are resilient to climate shocks. Over the years, us as chefs have seen so many ingredients come in and out of the market due to climate,” says Chef Brian Fowler of BLACKBARN. It’s an incredibly positive story that we don’t hear as much.”

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The Future of Resilient Agricultural Communities in California Is Alive in Allensworth

The Equation

What they do need are huge amounts of water, huge amounts of pesticides to artificially correct the unnatural monoculture, and huge amounts of fertilizers because industrial agriculture practices deplete nutrients from the soil. Allensworth is in the process of purchasing land to create an educational farm based on agroecology.

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Against the grain: Uncovering Nebraska’s regenerative transition

Sustainable Food Trust

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. Of course, when I arrived it didn’t take me long to find out about the curiously perfect squares.

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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 The rules governing the development and sale of GM foods date to the early 1990s, when Monsanto was preparing to bring the first major GM crop to market, Roundup Ready soybeans.

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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. Guilbeault ventured to Silicon Valley to examine veganism’s transformation from a social movement to a market-based model, and inside the U.S.

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