Kelowna city council to vote on controversial golf course land swap on Monday
If approved, the land swap between the city and a development company would see a portion of the Kelowna Springs Golf Course on Penno Road industrialized.
#Canada #CentralOkanagan #Kelowna #Kelownalandswap
https://globalnews.ca/news/11726481/kelowna-council-vote-controversial-golf-course-land-swap/
Kelowna city council to vote on controversial golf course land swap on Monday
If approved, the land swap between the city and a development company would see a portion of the Kelowna Springs Golf Course on Penno Road industrialized.
#Canada #CentralOkanagan #Kelowna #Kelownalandswap
https://globalnews.ca/news/11726481/kelowna-council-vote-controversial-golf-course-land-swap/
Africa: Why Africa's Transformation Must Be Anchored On Production, Innovation, Industrial Capability - Halilu: [Vanguard] The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, Khalil Halilu, has said that Africa's transformation must be anchored on production, innovation, and industrial capability. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRJxnf #Africa #Innovation #Industrialization #Production #EconomicDevelopment
West Africa: China's Trade Bureau Set to Partner West Africa IMT Summit: [Vanguard] The Trade Development Bureau of China's Ministry of Commerce (TDB) has been confirmed as a Strategic Country Partner (China) for the West Africa Industrialisation, Manufacturing and Trade (West Africa IMT) Summit and Exhibition 2026. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TRHsnW #WestAfrica #ChinaTrade #IMTSummit #Manufacturing #Industrialization

any recommendations for modernist depictions of agriculture and food production?

i've included some example images below.

some keywords:
* mechanized agriculture
* industrial farming
* industrial food production
* farm as factory
* farm modernization
* chemical agriculture
* green revolution

i've got the following materials on my to-read list:

* "every farm a factory: the industrial ideal in american agriculture" by deborah fitzgerald
* Ch. 8 of "seeing like a state": "Taming Nature: An Agriculture of Legibility and Simplicity" by james c. scott
* "Farming according to 'the laws of beauty': Aesthetics and agriculture" by david cooper (https://www.academia.edu/14380031/Farming_according_to_the_laws_of_beauty_Aesthetics_and_agriculture)
* "the american technological sublime" by david nye (not sure if it has anything about agriculture specifically)
* "the machine in the garden: technology and the pastoral" by leo marx (update: i've now skimmed this work and it seems to be concerned with an earlier era, not the high modernist period)

if you're familiar with any written works looking at this kind of aesthetic specifically, i'd love to hear about it.

also, if you have suggestions for archives (online or irl) that might have more materials like this, i'm all ears.

#sundaylibrarian #history #art #ArtHistory #agriculture #GreenRevolution #food #aesthetics #modernism #industrialization #ResearchLibrarian

The convergence of shifting global supply chains and regional industrialization is unlocking a $666 billion manufacturing opportunity between the Caribbean and Africa. 🌍🚢

From Egyptian textiles to Caribbean chemical production, these regions are evolving into strategic industrial hubs. Proactive government incentives and new cross-regional trade routes are creating a massive opening for value-added manufacturing.

#Manufacturing #GlobalTrade #Caribbean #Africa #Investment #Industrialization

Now revisiting: Jürgen Osterhammel, Die Verwandlung der Welt: Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts (Sonderausgabe) (München: C.H. Beck, 4. Auflage 2024).
#reading #history #histodons #WorldHistory #19thcentury #industrialization

The manufacturing sectors in Africa and the Caribbean are converging into a $666B investment opportunity, driven by Africa’s projected industrial spending growth and the Caribbean’s niche regional strengths.

With Africa scaling B2B spending to $666B by 2030 and the Caribbean serving as a strategic hub for North American markets, the potential for cross-regional trade is massive.

#Manufacturing #Investment #Africa #Caribbean #Industrialization #TechInnovation

Africa: Lack of Processing Capacity Hurting Africa's Economy - Rabiu: [Daily Trust] The Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has urged African governments, financiers and private sector leaders to urgently pivot the continent's economic model from raw resource extraction to large-scale processing and industrial transformation. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQwLVl #Africa #Economy #Industrialization #BUAGroup #ResourceManagement