Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Photo credit: Cornell Watson) Ideally, wed get this sweet corn in the ground today, he says, indicating a bag of organic seed and a nearby half-acre plot of loose brown soil. He fertilizes with compost tea, a mixture he creates of compost and water. The elders refer to the USDA as the last plantation, she says.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 10, 2024

Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. She describes this process in natural terms, as the composting of sadness and grief. I was just so enamored,” she says.

Food 125

Food Industrial Agriculture Agriculture Agriculture 125

Sustainable Food Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Seed Detective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables, by Adam Alexander Reviewed by Alicia Miller Adam Alexander is a seed detective – he’s travelled the world looking for seeds of myriad varietals that have been hidden away in distant places across the world.

Food 98

Food Seeding Farming Farming 98

The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In 2020, seed companies sold out. Industrial agriculture is killing authentic farming and land stewardship as much as food processors and bureaucrats. In a country of 100 million households, that’s enough eggs to supply a dozen a week to a quarter of the nation’s households. Canning lid inventories vanished.

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Ruralism Livestock Supply Chain Meadow 100

Food Politics

AUGUST 15, 2023

Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and Representative Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) led the introduction of the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act , which is supported by industrial agriculture groups like the National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

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Farming Farming Food Agriculture 189

Civil Eats

AUGUST 9, 2023

Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) and Representative Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) led the introduction of the Ending Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act , which is supported by industrial agriculture groups like the National Pork Producers Council and the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.

Food 98

Food Farming Farming Agriculture 98