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Mother Jones: The Barons Who Rule What We Eat

Skip to main content  Subscribe to our magazine 4th April 2025 The Barons Who Rule What We Eat Author Austin Frerick explains Big Ag’s powerbrokers—and how Trump’s tariffs could upend American farming. Advertise with Mother Jones Mother Jones illustration; Kris Graves; … Continue reading

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IMPACT Fast Company: Denmark is returning 15% of its farmland back to nature. Comment: Could this happen in Ireland at the request of the EU?

11-21-2024 IMPACT Denmark is returning 15% of its farmland back to nature The country plans to plant a billion trees as it transitions some farmland back to forests and peatlands. [Photo: Westersoe/Getty Images] BY Adele Peters3 minute read On farms in … Continue reading

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New Atlas: Who likes berries? They are healthy but expensive. Look at changes in hand. Vertically grown, and reduced labour. Ireland, on the shoulders of Giant, our Farming sector need to embrace changes

Manufacturing ‘World-first’ indoor vertical farm to produce 4M pounds of berries a year By Bronwyn Thompson September 25, 2024 Plenty’s 30-ft vertical indoor towers of strawberries Plenty View 2 Images Major steps towards better, sustainable and affordable food production free of … Continue reading

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The Guardian: Could robot weedkillers replace the need for pesticides?

Our unequal earthFarming Could robot weedkillers replace the need for pesticides? The robotic services allow farmers to rely less on chemicals. ‘This solves a lot of problems,’ workers say Supported by About this content Carey Gillam in Cheney, KansasSat 20 Jul … Continue reading

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