Via The Economist, an article on how climate change will alter where many crops are grown, likely introducing new tensions over arable land: Tom Eisnehauer remembers driving through Manitoba, a province in central Canada, more than a decade ago. Surrounding his car were fields of cold-weather crops, such as wheat, peas and canola (rape). Dense […]
Read more »Via Radio Free Europe, a report on Ukraine’s decision to lift a freeze on the sale of farmland: For small farmers in Ukraine, a traditional “breadbasket” that boasts some of the world’s richest soil, there’s something new under the sun this summer: They can sell their land if they want to. Liliya Sytnyk doesn’t. Like […]
Read more »Courtesy of Newsweek, more commentary on China’s growing interest in American farmland: While Washington’s growing focus on “great power competition” with China is expanding to encompass things like research and development, semiconductors and manufacturing, so far it hasn’t seriously addressed one element: American land. At the expense of American landowners, farmers and companies, Chinese corporations have […]
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