Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Powerful PR firms have worked overtime in recent years to craft a narrative that highlight farms’ potential role in mitigating climate change, but the truth is that agriculture consumes 6 percent of the world’s fossil fuel energy , and the oil and gas industries rely on industrial agriculture for one of its largest and most lucrative markets.

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The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

Their suggested marker bills included provisions that would broaden access to US farm loans for historically underserved borrowers, help farmers address the climate crisis, better protect food and farm workers, halt industrial agriculture mergers by strengthening relevant antitrust laws, and expand SNAP benefits and government nutrition programs.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Ocho Sur’s links to deforestation have profound implications for businesses, consumers, and the environment and what exactly counts as “sustainability” in the palm oil industry. Last year, the European Union passed new regulations on deforestation that promised to be the strictest in the world. “What is oil palm?

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