Agroecology Industrial Agriculture Production 
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.
Food Tank
JUNE 10, 2024
Land grabbing, or the large-scale appropriation of land, is one of the main causes, which can compromise the land’s original agroecology. Fertile, productive, and biodiverse lands tend to be most at risk of being acquired. The report highlights four drivers contributing to land consolidation globally.
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Food Tank
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
The science tells us that agroecology is what we need to create farms that are resilient to climate shocks. In reality, destructive food production practices are not a viable way forward for anyone, panelists said. It’s an incredibly positive story that we don’t hear as much.” One crucial way this story can be told is through flavor.
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. Of course, when I arrived it didn’t take me long to find out about the curiously perfect squares.
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. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate. We’re seeing the power of storytelling, too.
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.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
MAY 28, 2024
Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If We are challenging an entire model of production that threatens not just Mexico, but the world.” In Mexico, corn is not just a commodity, or even just a favorite food or source of protein.
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