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Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’

Big agriculture warns farming must change or risk ‘destroying the planet’ Food companies and governments must come together immediately to change the world’s agricultural practices or risk “destroying the planet”, according to the sponsors of a report by some of the largest food and farming businesses released on Thursday. Photograph: Jeff McIntosh/AP© Provided by The Guardian […]

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Big Ag’s Wedding to Big Data

Big Ag’s Wedding to Big Data Jomo Kwame Sundara warns about how the Davos World Economic Forum’s  much touted “Fourth Industrial Revolution” (IR4.0) is transforming food systems. For instance, agriculture is now second only to the military in drone use.  (DJI-Agras from Pixabay) Producers and consumers seem helpless as food all over the world comes under […]

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Monsanto, Big Food, and Big Ag Move to Co-opt the Organic and Regenerative Movement

Monsanto, Big Food, and Big Ag Move to Co-opt the Organic and Regenerative Movement There’s one skill that Big Food and Big Ag corporations have in abundance: taking control of every situation and corrupting it into an opportunity for profit. For example, as consumer interest in the terms “natural” and “sustainable” increased, industrial agribusiness began […]

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The Future Of Better FarmingSustainable practices + smart technology = thriving soils

The Future Of Better FarmingSustainable practices + smart technology = thriving soils While it’s *soooo* tempting to write about the stomach-churning drop/spike/dive thrill ride the financial markets have embarked on after this week’s Federal Reserve rate cut, I will resist and instead direct your attention to a topic much more important to our future. Here […]

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Land Grabbers: the Threat of Giant Agriculture

Land Grabbers: the Threat of Giant Agriculture In the 1980s, I met a retired general at a Borders bookstore in northern Virginia. He used to buy tons of military history books. I used to buy environmental and classics books. We started talking about books. But, slowly, in our discussion of Latin America, I criticized American […]

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