Revisiting Crisis by Design: Organic, agroecological and regenerative agriculture
Organic agriculture has grown substantially since its beginnings as an alternative movement, including by more than 50% in the last 15 years.Revisiting Crisis by Design: Land tenure
Increases in farm debt, bankruptcies and land values have far outstripped farm assets and income, making it increasingly difficult for farmers to hold on to their land. Corporate and investor-owned land has doubled since the 1980s, and the number of farms owned by corporations and investors rose by nearly 10% between 2012 and 2017.Revisiting Crisis by Design: Three decades of failed farm policy
Our farmers are again in crisis. The issue is not only that so many farmers have been hit hard by years of falling prices and rising bankruptcies but that the interlocking system of trade and farm policies are designed for exactly that kind of outcome. It is not so much a crisis of prices as a Crisis by Design.