Trimble Agriculture
JULY 17, 2024
Industrial agriculture is a term often used negatively, but is it the villain it’s made out to be? The debate surrounding industrial agriculture and farm consolidation is complex and multifaceted. Recently, this has become a more pressing topic of concern with the release of the 2022 Census of Agriculture.
Food Tank
JUNE 10, 2024
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. Expansion and encroachment are further contributing to the problem, as farmland is used for non-agricultural purposes, such as mining projects.
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Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 5, 2025
Despite having nearly a billion acres of prime farmland and a population of only 330 million people, the U.S. agriculture system, often claimed to be able to feed the world, can no longer feed its own population. The number of U.S. full_link READ MORE Can cities grow enough food to feed their citizens?
Food Tank
JANUARY 27, 2025
In Part One, Feedgood, a Senior Fellow and Senior Program Advisor at American Farmland Trust, outlines a public framework and presents principles and practices for food systems planning. And in Part Two, she shows readers the policies and programs that support farming systems, sustain agriculture, and bolster community food security.
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. farmland toward regenerative practices by the end of the decade. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate.
Civil Eats
MAY 1, 2024
Utesch worries that the current system of industrialized agriculture has created a world where people living closest to the polluters do not have access to clean water themselves, and are afraid to speak out against the actions of their neighbors. Neighbors need to work together.”
Food Tank
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
As Reichl travels the United States, moving from fine dining rooms to rural farmlands, she unveils a series of riveting narratives. Through conversations with farmers and food systems experts, Foroohar highlights the urgent need for localized economies, regulatory safeguards, and the creation of stronger, more sustainable industries.
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