Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Over the next two decades, tractors, mechanical harvesters, and chemical herbicides made sharecropping obsoleteyou no longer needed much labor to farm cotton or grains. The shoots come from plant scientist Sathish Ponniahs lab, which certifies them to be free of yield-depressing viruses. I could sell peas all day, he said.

Acre 111

Acre Farming Farming Crop 111

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

As director of farmer inclusion, his job is to distribute $1.7 When the owner of the land where Byron was sharecropping died, he willed Byron at least 10 acres. It really is modern-day sharecropping. Every year, my yields are better, and Im putting less and less into the land. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Plantation 144

Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Civil Eats

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The rest is distributed to nearby urban and suburban areas in Yolo and Sacramento counties through food programs and community supported agriculture (CSA) subscription boxes—25 percent of it for free. And while permanent crops don’t typically yield immediate profits, they can help buffer producers from pests, disease, and market spikes.

Cultivation 145

Cultivation Acre Farming Farming 145

The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

The birth of an unjust agricultural system From plantations to sharecropping, since its inception the U.S. They aimed to maximize profits by exploiting humans and the environment through cheap labor, human commodification, and maximizing yields of a few commodity crops that degraded the soil.

Food 106

Food Plantation Farming Farming 106