Farmland Plantation Seeding 
Modern Farmer
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Photo: Jasmine Pankratz) Once home to large-scale plantations and ranches that dominated the landscape for more than 160 years, the steep and steady decline of Hawaiian agriculture has left fields and pastures idle by thousands of acres, often in close proximity to residential development. The sugar industry soon dominated the island economy.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Planting the Seeds of Justice This article is part of our ongoing series, Planting the Seeds of Justice , in which we focus on the connections between climate, health, soil health, and equity for farmers of color. Barriers to owning, operating, and modernizing farmland date back over a century. percent today.
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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. In 2021, he carried out the ultimate act of reclamation, purchasing the plantation house and surrounding 2.5
Food Environment and Reporting Network
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Large plantations reemerged in the Delta, worked by sharecroppers rather than slaves. In 1944, International Harvester tested the first mechanical cotton picker on a plantation just south of Clarksdale, Mississippi. In 1920, Blacks owned or operated 14 percent of all farmland in the U.S.; today it is less than 2 percent.
Food Tank
JANUARY 27, 2025
Gilbert (Forthcoming March 2024) Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming the Land tells the story of a group of Indonesian agricultural workers who started a movement when they began occupying an agribusiness plantation near their homes. Author David E.
Civil Eats
MAY 6, 2024
They disperse seeds, pollinate, and transfer nutrients across landscapes, supporting healthy plant populations, and they alter their environments in ways that enhance biodiversity. We found that when these natural elements were included in croplands, and also for forest plantations, that species abundance and species richness can be similar.
Civil Eats
JANUARY 29, 2025
The obstacles are particularly acute for Black farmers, who own far fewer acres of farmland today than they did a century ago. Planting the Seeds of Justice This article is part of our ongoing series, Planting the Seeds of Justice , in which we focus on the connections between climate, health, soil health, and equity for farmers of color.
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