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Importance and Economic Implications of Industrial Agriculture

Agric4profits

Industrial agriculture refers to the large-scale, mechanized production of crops and livestock, employing modern technology and techniques to maximize efficiency.

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Op-Ed | Why the World’s Food Systems Need to Transition Away from Industrial Agriculture

Food Tank

Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose. By creating mechanisms that connect farmers, seed providers, trainers, financers, innovators, retailers and other players in the food sector across the world, COP28 can build the momentum for agroecology. Become a member today by clicking here.

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Op-Ed | Look to Local Food Policies for Climate Hope

Food Tank

Industrial agriculture and associated land-use changes are the biggest drivers of food system emissions. They are succeeding because they are collaborating across governmental departments; establishing robust planning, monitoring, and evaluation mechanisms; and creating inclusive processes and partnerships.

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The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from “Danger Season”

The Equation

And that there are enforcement mechanisms to make sure that they don’t continue to occur. All the social mechanisms to make sure that people have safety nets need to be addressed because they prevent farmworkers from being able to respond to emerging health and safety hazards. What are the implications of this for farmworkers?

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Conservation Programs Offer Solutions to Climate Threats, But Are Vastly Underfunded 

Modern Farmer

In an age of mechanized and industrialized agriculture, they face many challenges in operating a sustainable cattle farm—and there’s federal assistance to help with that. Johnson, 81, who lives near Lexington, Mississippi, was among thousands deemed to not qualify for settlement money, his family said.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

Its scientific submission to the USMCA secretariat cites 74 human and animal studies describing the mechanisms by which the weed killer causes, for example, genetic damage to hematopoietic stem cells in human bone marrow, which can lead to blood cancers like non-Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia.

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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

The last 10 years have also shown that, despite being a 15,000 year-old industry, agriculture is still vulnerable to fads and fashion. Policy support has also been crucial, as have creative financing mechanisms. Falling costs due to positive feedback loops have been the most significant factor in increased deployment.