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From net zero to glyphosate: Agritech’s greenwashed corporate power grab

Originally published: Countercurrents on June 10, 2023 by Colin Todhunter (more by Countercurrents) | (Posted Jun 12, 2023)

Big agribusiness and ‘philanthropic’ foundations position themselves as the saviours of humanity due to their much-promoted plans to ‘feed the world’ with ‘precision’ farming’, ‘data-driven’ agriculture and ‘sustainable’ production.
Contributions of peasant farmer communities: The case of Venezuela

Originally published: Science for the People on Volume 25, no. 1, 'The Soil and the Worker' by Miguel Ángel Núñez (more by Science for the People) | (Posted Jun 16, 2022)

Throughout their history, agricultural, chemical and food corporations have created and implemented tactics to marginalize the peasant farmer community and indigenous people.