Grocery Store Consolidation
Today, the four biggest grocery chains sell more than half the food in America. It’s bad for farmers and bad for consumers.
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Government Subsidies
Farm subsidies mainly benefit the wealthiest farmers.
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Geoengineering
Are military programs interfering with the weather, to the detriment of farmers, ranchers and the rest of us?
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Foreign Ownership of U.S. Land is Increasing
When foreign owned corporations buy U.S. farmland, it is bad for farmers and bad for food security.
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Food Without Nutrition
The U.S. government pays farmers to grow food depleted of nutrients. There is a great contradiction between U.S. food subsidies and U.S. dietary guidelines.
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Financializing Nature Itself
“Ecosystem Services” and Natural Asset Companies. What could go wrong?
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Farmers are Aging Out
One-third of farmers and ranchers are over age 65. There is no one to replace them.
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Farm Loans
Farmers have to bet the farm on their yearly farm loans, just to stay in business. Federal loan programs don’t help most farmers.
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Falling Profits
Net U.S. farm income went down 23% between 2022 and 2024. Total farm sector debt climbed to $542 billion.
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Distribution of Farms
There has been an extraordinary consolidation of farming in just five years: what happened between 2018 and 2023?
