Agribusiness

The Price We Pay for Corporate Hogs

A report and photos concerning large scale hog farming, often called CAFOs, for confined animal feeding operations.

Down on the Farm with the WTO

Published in the Spring 2000 issue of the magazine Whole Earth and also in the Spring 2000 edition of the Whole Earth Catalog under the title "WTO Think-In". Agribusiness had long argued that the industrial model of agriculture was inevitable and there was no alternative to globalization and homogenization.

Battle Royale of the 21st Century

Toxic Hazard Prevention in Agriculture

Originally published in PrairieFire's "Prairie Report:  A semi quarterly update from the Hartland on Rural Faith and Justice I

Crisis By Design: A Brief Review of U.S. Farm Policy

An introduction to how the New Deal farm programs were destroyed by agribusiness and the Committee for Economic Development (CED). From the League of Rural Voters, written by Mark Ritchie and Kevin Ristau.