Industrial Agriculture Supply Chain Yield 
National Young Farmers Coalition
JUNE 26, 2024
The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 includes the Food Supply Chain Guaranteed Loan Program, yet, without defined priorities or target recipients, the program may inevitably lend itself to financing large-scale operations rather than serve as a new capital product for small, scaling, or new local operations (Sec.
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 10, 2024
The older Black farmers who were involved with the Pigford cases regret having gotten entangled with the industrial agriculture paradigm and the USDA, says McCurty of the Black Belt Justice Center. Every year, my yields are better, and Im putting less and less into the land. It really is modern-day sharecropping.
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Modern Farmer
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
According to the techno-optimists, hacking photosynthesis by genetically modifying rubisco, the enzyme found in all plants that turn sunlight and carbon dioxide into starches, proteins, and other nutrients will allow us to radically increase rice yields in Asia.
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.
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. A great example is Oerth Bio’s work to develop PROTACs that will help crops manage through environmental stressors without losing yield.
Food Environment and Reporting Network
OCTOBER 24, 2024
No longer did she speak about saving the environment or using fewer chemicals: Now, she said, “We want to start a revolution in the agri-supply chain.” For smallholders whose livelihoods may depend on a single season’s yield, Strey says that if it would save a crop she “would be more than happy giving them the heavy chemical.”
Civil Eats
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Prioritizing ecological integrity and community health over yield, these farmers stay profitable by diversifying their crops, producing value-added products like jams and sauces, and building community support and social capital. In the end, From the Ground Up paints a hopeful picture of how agricultural practices could evolve for the better.
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