Farmland Industrial Agriculture Technology 
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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Food Tank
JANUARY 27, 2025
Author Peter Scholliers looks at everything from policies and trends that shaped consumer preferences to technological advancements. Klein focus on four major areas of change: the commodification of food production, new food technologies, new culinary identities, and migration. Today, that number is less than 1 percent.
The Equation
APRIL 3, 2023
Despite mandatory conservation efforts and more efficient technologies, total water use in the state has barely changed since 1960. The ongoing megadrought that has afflicted California since 2000 has caused profound challenges for people, agriculture, and ecosystems throughout the state.
Food Tank
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
BBC explores the problems of soil loss, malnutrition, and the climate crisis, as well as innovative solutions evolving in the realms of farming and technology Watch and delve into the related articles here. As Reichl travels the United States, moving from fine dining rooms to rural farmlands, she unveils a series of riveting narratives.
Modern Farmer
JULY 10, 2023
As westward expansion swept across the region in the late 1800s, settlers began draining the 40-foot deep lake for farmland. Within decades, a network of dams, levees and canals had dried up the basin, transforming the fertile crater into an agricultural hub.
The Equation
MAY 9, 2024
We’ve seen this in the digital technology sector. In 2023, the Biden administration formed an interagency working group to examine consolidation in the seed industry, but that’s a long way from action to curb the seed giants’ control of this most basic of resources.
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