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Farmland for farmers, not farmland for hedge funds
- Heritage Radio Network
- 06 October 2023
In the US, the National Family Farm Coalition is advocating for the Farmland For Farmers Act introduced by Senator Cory Booker in July of this year.
US: Carrot boycott over water rights gains traction in Cuyama Valley
- Noozhawk
- 04 October 2023
Cuyama Valley farmers and ranchers have launched a boycott of supermarket carrots to protest a water rights lawsuit that was filed against them by Bolthouse and Grimmway farms, major carrot farmers in the valley.
Squeezing communities dry: water grabbing by the global food industry
- GRAIN
- 21 September 2023
Financial players are moving aggressively to snatch up lands around the world with access to water for irrigation. Their strategy is to pump as much water as they can and as fast as they can into the production of crops that reap high prices in export markets.
China owns little US agricultural land
- China Daily
- 29 August 2023
Fears of China buying up farmland in the United States have been grabbing headlines despite the fact that China owns less than 1 percent of foreign-owned land.
Arizona government retiree fund benefiting from UAE alfalfa farm
- AZ Family
- 24 August 2023
Corporate and property records show a winding path of ownership for the lands of the Al Dahra farm that leads from the city of Phoenix to an investment fund that includes the Arizona State Retirement System.
State pension fund is helping a Middle Eastern firm export Arizona’s precious groundwater
- Reveal
- 10 August 2023
The state’s retirement system invested heavily in a private land deal that allowed a foreign company to effectively ship Arizona’s scarce water supply overseas.
La Chine possède des terrains aux États-Unis et cela pourrait poser problème
- Daily Digest
- 07 August 2023
La Chine est en fait très loin de la première place occupée par les entreprises canadiennes, qui possèdent plus de 4,8 millions d'hectares de terres agricoles aux États-Unis, selon le ministère de l'Agriculture.
US: Ban corporations from farmland purchases, promote food security
- The Hill
- 06 August 2023
The Farmland for Farmers Act, in banning corporations from purchasing farmland, improves the chances for beginning, small-scale producers to access land and produce food for themselves and their communities.
US: Farmers are under threat, but not from foreign land-buyers
- The Hill
- 06 August 2023
Pension funds, Wall Street investors, and other well-funded entities and individuals looking for good investments have been buying up domestic farmland. Their goal is profit, not food production or stewardship of natural resources.
Lawmakers seek to limit corporate and foreign ownership of US farmland
- Reuters
- 27 July 2023
US lawmakers from both parties are pushing legislation that would limit who can own American farmland, with a latest effort from Democratic Senator Cory Booker aimed at curbing corporate ownership.
Relatório liga empresas transnacionais à grilagem de terras no Sul do Piauí
- Rede Social
- 12 July 2023
"Empresas transnacionais do agronegócio causam violência, grilagem de terras e destruição no Cerrado" é o título de um novo relatório da Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
Agricultural land is becoming an investment vehicle for the rich
- Jacobin
- 25 June 2023
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t work the land on his Hawaii ranch, but he and other wealthy landowners still benefit from huge agricultural tax breaks.