Farmland Food Ruralism 
Real Agriculture
MAY 17, 2024
There are many priorities that influence how land is used — the need for housing and economic development often drives the conversion of farmland and natural habitat into urban or suburban landscapes, but food security, productivity, biodiversity, crop or livestock prices, renewable energy policy, and of course, NIMBYism are among the many factors (..)
Food Politics
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Farm Action , an organization devoted to stopping corporate agrocultural monopolies and building fair competition in rural America, has issued a short report, Balancing the US Agricuiltural Trade Deficit with Higher Value Food Crops. food system focuses on feed for animals and fuel for automobiles. of US farmland.
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Daily Yonder
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
A new initiative seeks to increase the number of farmers of color through a new freight farm to be placed in rural Minnesota. Route 1 is an organization focused on increasing food access, specifically by supporting Black, Brown, and Indigenous emerging farmers in the state, said Marcus Carpenter, founder of the organization.
Food Tank
JUNE 28, 2024
Now many are calling for solutions to help support beginning farmers and revitalize rural communities. Independent family farms are the bedrock of healthy rural economies,” says Treakle. Departures from rural counties over the past two decades have outweighed new arrivals. counties experiencing faster farmland consolidation.
Food Tank
JUNE 10, 2024
The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) recently released its report entitled Land Squeeze. It finds that land ownership is being consolidated in the hands of a few powerful actors, squeezing out smaller farmers, pastoralists, Indigenous Peoples, and others who rely on traditional farmland.
American Farmland
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The United States’ ability to sustainably produce food, steward natural resources, and support rural economies depends on ensuring greater access to land for the next generation of farmers and ranchers.
Modern Farmer
OCTOBER 19, 2023
government actions directly or indirectly led its farmland to pass into non-Native hands— mostly white farmers. In the past five years, three Nebraska tribes—the Winnebago, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska—have bought a combined 3,000-odd acres of farmland that was once theirs.
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