Food and Agriculture

Proposed Federal Changes To Grant Rules Increase Uncertainty For Farmers

September 2, 2026 National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Resilience. Educate! Farmers, Federal Government, Food and Agriculture, Grants

Since January 2025, farmers, agricultural organizations, and the communities they serve have experienced unprecedented instability in long-standing federal partnerships with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Lengthy funding freezes, unanticipated grant terminations, full program cancellations, and a woefully understaffed USDA have detrimentally disrupted the programs, services, and resources that farmers and rural communities leverage to build environmentally resilient and economically viable businesses, strengthen local and regional supply chains, and grow the next generation of farmers and ranchers.

We Started A Farming Club; Why You Should Start One Too

August 29, 2026 Jason Bradford, Resilience. Create! Farming, Farming Club, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Solidarity

I’d like to catalyze a movement in this country that rebuilds a nation of farmers. Not another generation of John Deere-driving commodity growers, but millions of Earth-caring, soil-is-my-life, stewards-of-place, neoagrarians who’d make Wendell Berry swoon. After an injury and with the help of a handful of friends, I’ve stumbled onto a way that might happen: through local farming clubs. In January 2024, a severe ice storm struck Oregon’s Willamette Valley. On my family’s farm, tree limbs had snapped and were lying across fencing, so I got to work with a pole saw.

Nonprofits Sue Driscoll’s For Deceptive Environmental And Sustainability Marketing Claims

August 26, 2026 Organic Consumers Association. Resist! Driscoll's, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Legal System, Sustainability

Nonprofits Organic Consumers Association (OCA), Toxin Free USA (TFUSA), and Beyond Pesticides (BP) filed a consumer protection lawsuit against Driscoll’s Inc. alleging deceptive marketing of its berries. Driscoll’s is the world’s largest producer and marketer of blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries and claims its growing practices are “in harmony with the environment.” The company also advertises that its berries “aren’t produced in a factory; they’re grown outside in a dynamic biological environment” and are “good for you and the planet.”

How Israel Is Drying Up The West Bank’s Most Fertile Farmlands

August 18, 2026 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. Educate! Farmers, Food and Agriculture, Israel, Israeli Occupying Forces, Palestine, State Violence

Agriculture in the northern West Bank could be on the verge of disappearing under the weight of Israeli land confiscation and the destruction of water wells. The Atouf area, in the Tubas governorate in the northeastern West Bank, and long known as the region’s “breadbasket,” has been targeted by settler attacks on its water lines. The settler raids complement the Israeli army’s ongoing infrastructure projects in the area, which have plowed through Palestinian farmlands and demolished wells. For four months, thousands of Palestinian farmers in the Atouf plain have been unable to access water for their crops after settlers began attacking and damaging water lines, according to local residents.

Besties Cooperative Farm: Teaming Up To Create Sustainable Agriculture

August 15, 2026 Dori Sutherland, Cooperatives First. Create! Cooperative, Farming, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability

For best friends Michael, Curtis, and Nicole, farming wasn’t always an obvious career path. But through co-operation and a common love for growing food, they found a way to build a farm that reflects their values. Their three-member worker co-operative, Besties Cooperative Farm, is a success story which proves the effectiveness of the co-operative model in helping passionate people to access industries, such as agriculture, that otherwise have high barriers to entry. The three met through an apprenticeship program with Young Agrarians, an organization that provides ecologically grounded educational resources to new farmers.

The Global Food Crisis

July 22, 2026 Ruben Bauer Naveira, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Farmers, Fertilizer, Food and Agriculture, Fossil Fuels, Global Crisis, Strait of Hormuz

This article is a warning. A global food crisis is likely approaching — driven by the collapse of supply chains feeding the agri-food system, a consequence of the war against Iran and the resulting blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The prospect has gone largely unnoticed by most political and economic actors. Supply crises, as a rule, are resolved through the Law of Supply and Demand. When supply falls, prices rise; those who can afford to pay grumble but pay, while those who cannot find a cheaper substitute. Or do without. But we are talking about food — and food is indispensable to life.

Extreme Heat Takes Farming To The Brink

July 11, 2026 Robert Hunziker, Counter Punch. Educate! climate crisis, Farming, Food and Agriculture, Fossil Fuels, Global heating

Ever since the landmark Paris ’15 UN climate agreement wherein 195 nations agreed to cut fossil fuel CO2 emissions via NDCs 30% to 60% by 2030, the opposite has happened. It’s now ten (10) years since Paris ’15, and according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have reached an all-time high, peaking at an average of 432.3 ppm in May 2026. This is the opposite of what the parties agreed to do and based upon current and proposed cuts, Paris ’15 is dead. The nations of the world have failed. Their failure is now showing up in climate change

Nebraska Soil, Mid-East Oil

July 3, 2026 Kai Huschke, Resilience. Educate! Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Wars and Militarism

The Fertile Crescent, what we know today as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Iraq, Turkey and Iran, is considered the birthplace of agriculture. Flood-enriched soil from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers made for exceptional farming. Today, 500 miles from where the two rivers empty into the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz is under a blockade, impacting farming in the United States. A stalemate between the United States and Israel and that of Iran, the blockade is affecting the global movement of fossil fuels. Posturing, threats, and deadly actions continue between the three nations, putting more lives at risk and stressing out economies.

New Report Calls For Resilient, Self-Reliant Food Systems

June 10, 2026 Oliver Moore, Resilience. Create! Food and Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, Global Economic Crisis, Supply Chain

The New Geopolitics of Food: Navigating Policies for Resilient Self-Reliance, a special report by Jennifer Clapp and IPES-Food, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems, focuses on how countries can reduce dependence on global markets and stabilize food prices in the new global reality. Along with the ongoing impacts of both climate shocks and the war in Ukraine, this new geopolitical reality is defined by tariff and trade wars, aid cuts and the breakdown of international institutions. The latest shock – the near-complete closing of the Strait of Hormuz – compounds these to further destabilise global food markets.

Gaza Farmers Begin Hard Work Of Rebuilding Agricultural Sector

June 9, 2026 Ansam Al-Qitaa, Mondoweiss. Educate! Farmers, Food and Agriculture, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Palestine

The two plots of land that Jalal Arafat has owned for decades sit on either side of the line that has redrawn Gaza’s map following the ceasefire in October 2025. One lies beyond reach, three meters from what is now known as the “Yellow Line,” which cuts Gaza roughly in half. The other, 800 meters further out, was used as the location for Israeli army barracks during the invasion of Gaza City’s al-Zaytoun neighborhood. When the hostilities paused near the second plot, Arafat returned, despite warnings. The area had been reduced to what he described as “destroyed sand dunes.”

Four Ways To Build A Food System That Can Withstand Collapse

June 4, 2026 Jasper Verschuur and Paul Behrens, Resilience. Create! climate crisis, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Green Transition

Millions more people could face hunger in the coming months if the conflict in the Middle East is not resolved soon, the UN has warned. The price of energy, which affects the cost of producing and transporting food, has risen sharply due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The price of fertiliser, much of it made in the Gulf states and exported via the same stretch of water, has also soared. So it seems inevitable that the cost of food around the world will increase, just as it did after Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 (both countries were big exporters of food and fertiliser).

Small Farms Should Stop Trying To Compete

June 1, 2026 Gunnar Rundgren, Resilience. Create! Capitalism, Food and Agriculture, Small Farmers, Sustainability

A week ago, I asked for “real-world examples of technologies that flip the competition in favour of small and diverse.” I got a lot of comments on this article, some here, but most on Facebook. While many mentioned various smart technologies, I don’t think anybody could point to that this or that technology could make small farms profitable in competing with large farms. Clearly, you can reduce the disadvantages of being small by being a smart farmer and using the best technology and smart management. And some technologies “de-scale” well. Virtual fences were mentioned.

The Architect Making America’s Food System Legible

May 30, 2026 Robert Jensen, Resilience. Create! Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Local Economy, Sustainability

Caitlin Taylor believes that a sustainable food system needs “legible” infrastructure, which is why she proposes—not entirely in jest—building slaughterhouses next to farmers’ markets. Architects and engineers usually strive to make infrastructure invisible—so functional and reliable that we forget about the countless systems that undergird modern life. We turn on a faucet without wondering where the water came from and flush toilets without thinking about waste-treatment plants. Most people probably prefer invisible infrastructure for beef production and poultry processing, but Taylor believes that the legibility of infrastructure—making systems visible and understandable—is crucial for justice and sustainability in food production.

Farmers Face A Fertilizer Crisis At Spring Planting Time

May 15, 2026 Omanjana Goswami, Union of Concerned Scientists. Educate! Farmers, Fertilizer, Food and Agriculture, Food Security

The ongoing blockade of ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz has affected the passage of oil, finished fertilizer products, and the raw materials used to synthesize fertilizer. Exacerbated by limited supply, the price of fertilizer has steadily increased since the beginning of the war. On April 27, the price of urea was at $692 per metric ton, a 47 percent increase since the war began. The price of other fertilizers like diammonium phosphate was at $725 per metric ton. Retail prices of all major fertilizer products have been trending rapidly upwards.

How China Prepared For The New Global Food Crisis

May 14, 2026 Joe Scholten, Orinoco Tribune. Create! China, Food and Agriculture, Food Security, Global Food Crisis, Wars and Militarism

I wrote an article on the topic of food security in China in 2022. The main rationale for that prior essay was that there had been warnings of a global food crisis as the result of the war in Ukraine. Indeed, prices of staple commodities like corn, wheat, and soybeans nearly doubled in price in the first year of the conflict, and millions were pushed into hunger worldwide. In the United States, this was one of the leading causes of rapid grocery inflation in 2022, contributing to an 11.4% increase in grocery prices, per the USDA.

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