Civil Eats

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Patrick Brown, who was named North Carolinas Small Farmer of the Year by North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University this year, grows almost 200 acres of industrial hemp for both oil and fiber, and 11 acres and several greenhouses of vegetablesbeets, kale, radishes, peppers, okra, and bok choy.

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Plantation Farming Farming Acre 144

Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

High food prices and supply chain insecurities are only some of the challenges that farmers struggle with every season. Ecologist Mark Easter examines the foods we eat as they move along the supply chain from soil to seller.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Supply Chain 133

World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

The last 10 years have also shown that, despite being a 15,000 year-old industry, agriculture is still vulnerable to fads and fashion. Cristina Rohr, Managing Director, S2G VENTURES: “One of the most promising opportunities is the broader integration of AI into commercialized agricultural technologies and across the food supply chain.

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Technology Marketing Finance Production 59

Sustainable Food Trust

MAY 31, 2023

Foroohar argues, “…you’ve got this system, where these globalised, very highly ‘efficient’ supply chains are enriching Wall Street but starving Main Street and driving small farmers out of business.” The film digs deep into what is so wrong about globalisation which is doing almost everyone no help at all.

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National Young Farmers Coalition

JUNE 26, 2024

As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The committee considered the bill in a 13.5-hour

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Civil Eats

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

And what we’ve tried to do over the past two and a half years is reach out to 2,500 national and local organizations working in various aspects of food, all across the supply chain: farmers, workers, environmental justice advocates, health advocates, doctors, and other animal-centered organizations. How did it get to this point?

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