The Equation

MAY 14, 2024

Their suggested marker bills included provisions that would broaden access to US farm loans for historically underserved borrowers, help farmers address the climate crisis, better protect food and farm workers, halt industrial agriculture mergers by strengthening relevant antitrust laws, and expand SNAP benefits and government nutrition programs.

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Food Farming Farming Agriculture 91

The Equation

MAY 9, 2024

Those lesser-known companies tend to operate up the supply chain, and include Bayer and Syngenta, which sell the seeds farmers need and the pesticides they’ve come to rely on, and Nutrien and CF Industries Holdings, which manufacture synthetic fertilizers.

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Farmland Food Seeding Fertilizer 138

The Equation

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to the EPA, it applies about a half million tons of pesticides, 12 million tons of nitrogen, and 4 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer to crops in the continental United States every year. The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has been ringing the alarm bell about agricultural pollution for years.

Fertilizer 108

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Civil Eats

JULY 9, 2024

It was the annual field day at The Mill , a popular Mid-Atlantic retailer of agricultural products including seeds, fertilizer, and pesticides. I think it’s pretty safe to argue that Bayer and other pesticide manufacturers were interested in data because they saw it as a way to potentially increase sales.”

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Pesticide Marketing Seeding Fertilizer 122

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Growing up i n Michigan, the rapid consolidation of dairy farms due to industrialized agriculture led her family to the very difficult decision to sell their dairy. Contact SRAP’s Help Hotline.

Farming 101

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 101

Modern Farmer

AUGUST 13, 2024

This frequency with which polluting industries are built in these communities is evidence of ongoing environmental injustice. Growing up i n Michigan, the rapid consolidation of dairy farms due to industrialized agriculture led her family to the very difficult decision to sell their dairy. Contact SRAP’s Help Hotline.

Farming 68

Farming Farming Manure Industrial Agriculture 68