Tag Archives: Industrial Agriculture

Gates Unhinged: Dystopian Vision for the Future of Food

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Luther Blissett

By Colin Todhunter Source: Off-Guardian We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of the entire global agrifood chain. The high-tech/data conglomerates, including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have joined traditional agribusiness giants, such as Corteva, Bayer, Cargill and … Continue reading →

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A New Aesthetic

Posted on October 17, 2019 by Luther Blissett

By Damaris Zehner Source: Resilience There are all these good ideas – intensive agriculture, organic farming, permaculture, the local food movement. But why is most food still not grown this way, if it really is better? Why don’t farmers switch … Continue reading →

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Agrochemicals and Institutional Corruption: Pleading with the Slave Master Will Not Set You Free

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Luther Blissett

By Colin Todhunter Source: CounterPunch Environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason has just written to President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, Vice President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans and Health Commissioner Vytenis Andruikaitis. As set out below, she asks … Continue reading →

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The Stomach-churning Violence of Monsanto, Bayer and the Agrochemical Oligopoly

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Luther Blissett

By Colin Todhunter Source: RINF As humans, we have evolved with the natural environment over millennia. We have learned what to eat and what not to eat, what to grow and how to grow it and our diets have developed … Continue reading →

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