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Fertilizers and Pesticides - agriculture, farming, science
Brazil - Agriculture and economic development
Meat shortage? - Food and supply chains during COVID19 Coronavirus
a collection of articles and videos about the UN Sustainable Development Goals - #2. Zero Hunger
A collection of articles and videos about issues in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Brazil - Property Rights, Inequality, Land Rights, Agriculture and Development issues
A collection of articles and videos looking at EU regulations and food and agriculture
A collection of articles and videos looking at EU regulations and food and agriculture
A collection of articles and videos looking at food and agriculture
Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Middle East - Agriculture and Water Innovation
articles and videos about food in Spain
France - culture, food and wine
a collection of articles and videos to help travelers to better understand Italy
articles about Truffles - rare, edible mushrooms
a collection of articles and videos about planting trees, Deforestation and Global Warming, Climate Change
a collection of articles and videos about Deforestation and Global Warming, Climate Change
a collection of articles about Agriculture Technology in Latin America
CRISPR, gene editing and DNA manipulation - agriculture, plants and food production
Global Warming, Carbon and Farming, Agriculture
a collection of articles about Farming - Beef, Chicken, Agriculture, Business and Science
a collection of articles about Vertical Farming - Agriculture, Gardens and Gardening
Climate Change - impact on economy, politics, development - history
Aquaculture - Fish Farming Seafood - Agriculture, Business and Science
A collection of articles about Bees - and Agriculture, Farming
Impact on the future of work from Robotics and Automation, with a focus on food
a collection of articles about Mangoes - Fruit, Agriculture, Business and Science
a collection of articles and videos about GMO foods - the debate and science of genetically modified foods
a collection of articles about Costco - retail, wholesale business and chicken farming, agriculture
A collection of articles about Nuts - agriculture, farming
A collection of articles about Cherry Farming - Agriculture and cherries

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Article

The meat industry. The world’s biggest food company plans to beef up in America

JBS, Brazil’s meat-packing giant, wants to expand. Will its critics let it? | Business (2025)


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To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

The fight against deforestation is going better. But it needs cash, cops—and a better property register | The Americas (2023)


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Brazil’s hinterland now resembles Texas

The new Brazil. It is a land of “roughs”, not playboys. The hinterland is getting political and cultural clout | The Americas (2023)


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Asian farming: India’s journey from agricultural basket case to breadbasket

Technology and market forces are overcoming the heavy hand of the state | Finance & economics. Indian agriculture has begun a subtle revolution; in... (2023)


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A spat over farming bodes ill for Ukraine’s future European prospects | The Economist

Have the limits of the EU’s support for its neighbour been reached? | Europe (2023)


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MST in Brazil: If You Don’t Use Your Land, These Marxists May Take It - The New York Times

The Landless Workers Movement organizes Brazil’s poor to take land from the rich. It is perhaps the largest — and most polarizing — social movement... (2023)


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Why an agricultural boom does not help rural America | The Economist

Farms are ever more profitable, but employ fewer workers | United States (2022)


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Why the Tomato Was Feared in Europe for More Than 200 Years

How the fruit got a bad rap from the beginning A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick ... (2020)


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Charlemagne - The revenge of strategic yogurt | Europe

How the EU started speaking French when it comes to the economy (2020)


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International plotters - Bulgarians have been Europe’s gardeners longer than you think

Doing Europeans’ dirty work ever since the Ottoman Empire (2020)


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The Amazon - Of chainsaws and supply chains

Of chainsaws and supply chains - How big beef and soya firms can stop deforestation | The Americas | The Economist They don’t chop down Amazonia... (2020)




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Americans on Cusp of Meat Shortage With Food Chain Breaking Down - April 2020 - Bloomberg

‘The food supply chain is breaking,’ Tyson chairman says Almost a third of U.S. pork capacity is down after outbreaks Plant shutdowns are lea... (2020)


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The Secret History of Paris's Catacomb Mushrooms - Gastro

In the 1800s, farmers cultivated mushrooms in abandoned quarries underneath the French capital. Within these catacombs, in dark, cavernous chamb... (2017)


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Hundreds of U.S. Meat Workers Have Now Tested Positive for Virus (2020) - Bloomberg

There’s been a spike in coronavirus cases at meat plants in the U.S., with hundreds of reported infections in just the last week. That’s adding to ... (2020)


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Three Deaths Expose Fears for Strength of U.S. Food-Supply Chain (2020) - Bloomberg

Three Tyson, JBS employees were reported to have died That’s fueling worries about supply disruptions as plants idle Some of the workers who ... (2020)


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How much do direct livestock emissions actually contribute to global warming?

Abstract Agriculture directly contributes about 10%–12% of current global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from livestock. However, s... (2020)


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Nebraska farmers vote overwhelmingly for Right to Repair | U.S. PIRG

Delegates of the Nebraska Farm Bureau, which represents 58,000 member families, voted 176-1 to formally endorse the right of its constituents to re... (2019)


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How Spices Have Made, and Unmade, Empires - The New York Times

From turmeric in Nicaragua to cardamom in Guatemala, nonnative ingredients are redefining trade routes and making unexpected connections across lands. (2019)


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This Google Ventures-backed indoor farming startup just opened its biggest farm yet (2019)

The Baltimore farm is 3.5 times as large as Bowery’s formerly largest farm—and is the latest attempt to make indoor farming work as a way to disrup... (2019)


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America's Pistachio Industry Came From a Single Seed - Gastro Obscura

A "plant explorer" helped establish the crop in California. “When the American government slapped a retaliatory embargo on Iranian pistachios, ... (2019)


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New ways to make vertical farming stack up - Growing higher - The Economist

Cultivating fresh produce in an artificial environment is getting cheaper (2019)


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US milk sales drop by more than $1 billion as plant-based alternatives take off | World Economic Forum

A change to non-dairy alternatives, mixed with low milk prices, has contributed a drop in sales value of $1.1 billion in the US last year. (2019)


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Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods burgers could change the way we think about masculinity — Quartzy

The rise of meatless foods could be part of a broader cultural shift in gender politics. (2019)


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Burger King is introducing a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods - The New York Times

Behold the Beefless ‘Impossible Whopper’. Burger King is introducing a Whopper made with a vegetarian patty from the start-up Impossible Foods. Th... (2019)


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Even With a Housing Oversupply, Quebec City Is Coming For Its Farmland

As agricultural areas are snatched up and transformed into new housing developments, one farmer keeps fighting. (2019)


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What Foods Are Banned in Europe but Not Banned in the U.S.? - The New York Times

The European Union prohibits many food additives and various drugs that are widely used in American foods. (2018)


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Exposing Why Farmers Can't Legally Replant Their Own Seeds

This is the history of Monsanto’s herbicides… ▀▀▀ 0:00 An Unusual Enemy 5:18 Monsanto’s Secret Poison Problem 11:17 Vietnam and Agent Ora... (2025)


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How China’s $285M Export Hub in Brazil Will Cost U.S. Billions | WSJ Center Point

China’s new $285 million export terminal in Brazil, being built outside of São Paolo by Chinese state agricultural giant Cofco, threatens billions ... (2025)


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Cocoa farming and Chocolate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses chocolate, cocoa farming, and, of course, some facts that will make Halloween a little weird.Connect with Last Week Tonight o... (2023)


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How Solar Panels Are Changing Agriculture - Agrivoltaics Revisited

How Solar Panels Are Changing Agriculture - Agrivoltaics Revisited. Visit the SPAN website to get a quote and start the process of having SPAN in y... (2023)


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Egypt plans to green its desert

Egypt plans to green its desert Egypt is growing at two million people a year. Urban infrastructures can'... (2023)


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Whatever Happened to the Bee Apocalypse?

Do you remember the headlines screaming that the bees ... (2022)


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The dark history of bananas - John Soluri

Explore the history of the notorious United Fruit Company and how its influence over the banana industry impacted Central America. --In December 19... (2021)


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Transition to Agriculture | Big History Project

Craig Benjamin explains how agriculture drove change and why humans took the risk of abandoning foraging. Website: https://www.bighistoryproject.co... (2020)


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Why Was Agriculture So Important? | Big History Project

The invention of agriculture is not just a matter of tastier food. It unlocked powerful forces that transformed history. Website: https://www.bighi... (2020)


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Threshold 7: Agriculture | Big History Project

When humans began farming, new, more complex ways of living were possible. Website: https://www.bighistoryproject.com/portal Facebook: https://www.... (2020)


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Millions protest genetically modified food - 2013 - CNN

Jake Tapper reports on the controversy that surrounds GMOs and one of the companies that makes them. For more CNN videos, visit our site ... (2019)


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Europe's new approach to GMOs

Long divided over GMOs - are they a threat or an opportunity? - the EU has now found a way forward. (2019)


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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded? Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://w... (2019)


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What's wrong with our food system | Birke Baehr | TEDxNext Generation Asheville

Birke Baehr -"what's Wrong With Our Food System? And How Can We Make A Difference. Video by: Twin Path Productions www.... (2019)


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Climate 101: Deforestation | National Geographic

Forests cover about 30% of the planet, but deforestation is clearing these essential habitats on a massive scale. What is deforestation? Find out t... (2019)


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Tree to Bar || How to Make Chocolate Every Step

In this video I show every step to making dark chocolate from cacao tree to chocolate bar. There is roughly 7 step to making chocolate so sit back ... (2018)


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Made in Israel: Agriculture

The Official 700 Club Published on Sep 3, 2013 Gordon Robertson looks at Israel's remarkable agricultural innovation, with special focus on the... (2018)


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Food Waste: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight Published on Jul 19, 2015 Producers, sellers, and consumers waste tons of food. John Oliver discusses the shocking amount of fo... (2018)


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The New Tropic - A not-so-sweet history of Florida's algae crisis | Facebook

Sugar: bad for you and bad for our waterways. (2018)


Podcast

On Beeing - 99% Invisible

Driving between Oakland and Los Angeles in February offers glimpses of a spectacular scene — neat, symmetrical rows of trees covered with pink and ... (2019)


Podcast

The Vault -Seed food bank - 99% Invisible

Svalbard is a remote Norwegian archipelago with reindeer, Arctic foxes and only around 2,500 humans — but it is also home to a vault containing see... (2018)


Book

Energy and Civilization | The MIT Press

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–d... (2020)


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