'The dark, loamy dirt has been called #Ukraine’s “black gold,” and it’s some of the most fertile on earth [...] But environmental groups and farmers’ advocates have warned that the large-scale #industrialMonoculture practiced by #agribusiness threatens to degrade this prized soil through intensive harvesting and overuse of #fertilizers and #pesticides.'

https://thebaffler.com/latest/betting-the-farm-kruzman
#agriculture #monoculture #BigAg #industrialAgriculture #ecocide #privatisation

So, this is a timely topic! From the latest issue of #InTheseTimes! The connection between Amazon Deforestation and CEO land grabs in the Western United States -- bought with blood money!

Fortress Yellowstone

The #UltraRich are fortifying themselves inside one of America’s last intact #ecosystems—with money plundered from ecological #SacrificeZones around the world

by Joseph Bullington, April 6, 2026

Excerpt: "Some of these ultra-rich ranch owners celebrate the natural beauty of their land and are ardent conservationists when it comes to the Yellowstone ecosystem. In digging into their business dealings, however, I found that most of these landowners accumulated their wealth through industries that help drive the destruction of nature elsewhere. Their ranks include private equity investors, oil and gas billionaires and real estate developers. "

[...]

"Now, instead of forests full of fruits and animals and mandioca clearings, industrial soy plantations press in on #Açaizal like a closing fist. There is no escape from the onslaught of #monoculture. Manoel shows me where rows of broken cornstalks run right up against the edge of the community’s soccer field, which the soy farmers also want to plow. The soybeans and corn, like those in the United States, are genetically engineered to withstand the #herbicides and #pesticides the farmers dump on them to beat back weeds and pests, but the chemicals drift, says Manoel, making it impossible to grow fruits and vegetables and #mandioca nearby. The streams run low and full of poison."

Read more:
https://inthesetimes.com/article/yellowstone-billionaires-conservation-montana-deforest-amazon

#Billionaires #UberRich #CEOs #AmazonDeforestation #BigAg #SoybeanProduction #IndustralSoybeans #PoisoningTheAmazon #GMOs #Monoculture #Deforestation #Cargill #HomeDepot #SoyPlantations #SaveTheForest #SaveTheRainforest #Earth4All #DSA #DemocraticSocialism #ReadItBeforeItsBanned #TaxTheRich #NoTaxHavens #EatTheRich #YeetTheRich #BigCorporations

> Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q https://ips-dc.org/naming-and-shaming-food-barons-a-qa-with-austin-frerick/

Interview with the author of the book 'Barons.'

#BadEconomy #corruption #exploitation #BigAg #BigBusiness #RobberBarons #books #reading #Bookstodon

💻Farm data is the new battleground.

AI “precision” tools promise empowerment, but risk locking farmers into systems where data is extracted & monetised by #BigAg & #BigTech.

“Nature isn’t just data points,” says our @Nettie_Wiebe

🔗https://civileats.com/2026/03/23/a-hidden-crop-for-corporate-tech-farm-data/
#HeadInTheCloud

End #Toxic #Greed

Our global #food system is broken; #CorporateGreed is to blame

Families, communities, local farmers face devastating impacts of #ClimateChange from extreme weather to higher food costs; handful of #billionaires running #BigAg profit

They expand cruel, #polluting factory farms, #poison #waterways, eat up forests

Politicians let corporate destroyers & billionaires off the hook

Time to choose people over #profit

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stop-big-meat-and-dairy/?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse

#PeopleNotProfits #starvation