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Opinion: To Find the Future of Food, We Need to Look to the Past

Modern Farmer

If we’re really serious about forestalling famine, we need to stop feeding so much grain to livestock, and save the wheat, corn, and rice we grow for human consumption. Edible insects are already being used to feed poultry and farmed fish, but they could also be included in the feed of cattle and pigs. Photo submitted.

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Our 2024 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

Through captivating case studies, Thurow’s hopeful book showcases farmers who have boldly gone against the grain of modern agriculture orthodoxy and are instead embracing regenerative practices—like agroecology and permaculture—that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and promote resilience against climate change.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

Industrialized fish, poultry, and meat processing are far removed from consumer consciousness by design—corporations spend millions lobbying lawmakers to resist transparency, and to eschew regulations that hinder maximum profit. Might this obscure wheat contain within it a door to my own heritage?”

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GOP Lawmakers Move to Block New Animal Welfare Standards in Organic

Civil Eats

But it’s a top priority for many organic farmers who feel they’re being undercut by companies that want to cash in on higher prices for organic while raising animals primarily indoors on large industrial farms. The Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards rule represents the biggest push to make that happen.

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