"top four seed and agrochemical firms – Bayer, Syngenta Group, Corteva, and BASF – controlled 60-70% of the global pesticides market, and 50-60% of the $45 billion global seed market."

#sdg2 #sdgs #bigfour #farmindustry

More info:
https://www.landclimate.org/how-a-few-giant-companies-came-to-dominate-global-food/

#ice raids are half the story according to this YouTuber. The other half is the #h2avisa program. The short high level argument here is the #us #FarmIndustry has been propped up by #slavery and abusive labor practices for a long time. The raids are part of a larger effort to expand the #h2a program and rollback #antislavery and #workplacesafety reforms.

https://youtu.be/zdWrHb8b-c0?si=9sKPHyxBLqf9Wry2

#uspol #USPolitics #farming #useconomy #historicalpatterns #farmworkers #ice #humantrafficking

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How the Farm Industry Spied on Animal Rights Activists and Pushed the FBI to Treat Them as Bioterrorists

For years, a powerful ‘Big Ag’ trade group served up information on activists to the FBI. Records reveal a decade-long effort to see the animal rights movement labeled a “bioterrorism” threat.

https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-wmdd-dxe-animal-agriculture-alliance/

#news #politics #business #farmindustry #factoryfarms #animalrights