Agroecology Industrial Agriculture Processing 
Food Tank
DECEMBER 1, 2023
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.
Civil Eats
MARCH 11, 2025
One key reason: the industrial food chain and its ultra-processed foods are deeply dependent on fossil fuels. At nearly every step of this ultra-processed foods path from the field to the grocery store, fossil fuels are key. Consider, if you will, a simple bag of potato chips with a not-so-simple origin story.
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Sustainable Food Trust
JULY 2, 2024
As we increasingly experience the damage inflicted by well over half a century of industrial agriculture – including devastating impacts upon public health, soil fertility and biodiversity – what is desperately needed is a cohesive and actionable long-term plan for agriculture, grounded in an agroecological approach.
Food Tank
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Of course, some of these processes are natural—but healthy soils have the resiliency to resist excess erosion, whereas degraded soils are more vulnerable to even natural climatic cycles.
The Equation
MARCH 4, 2024
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.
Sustainable Food Trust
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
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. Dead straight farm tracks separate the farms and link up to railways where farmers drop off their grain to be transported to large processing units.
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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