February 3rd, 2024
Via GRAIN, a report on a new wave of land grabs striking Tanzania: Tanzania was one of the most heavily targeted countries of a huge scramble for farmland around the world that followed the food and financial crises of 2008 and that was supposed to help solve global food insecurity. The large farm projects, which […]
Read more »Bill to Limit Foreign “Adversaries” from Buying Indiana Farmland Advances in State House
February 1st, 2024
Via Indiana Capital Chronicle, an article on a bill that proposes to limit foreign “adversaries” from buying Indiana farmland: A bill to limit who can buy agricultural land in Indiana advanced Monday with bipartisan support. House Bill 1183, authored by Rep. Kendell Culp, R-Rensselaer, would prohibit purchasers from “adversarial countries” from owning or leasing Hoosier […]
Read more »January 26th, 2024
Via the Daily Caller, a report on WH Group, which purchased Smithfield Foods in 2013: Top executives at Hong Kong-based WH Group Limited, the world’s largest pork producer that controls vast swaths of U.S. farmland through its American subsidiary, are Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members, according to a Daily Caller News Foundation review of corporate […]
Read more »Foreign Investment in U.S. Agricultural Land: 40M Acres
January 22nd, 2024
Via GAO, a new report on foreign ownership in U.S. agricultural land: Fast Facts Foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land grew to about 40 million acres in 2021, per USDA estimates. This can pose national security risks—such as when foreign interests buy land near U.S. military installations. USDA annually publishes data on agricultural land investments, […]
Read more »January 11th, 2024
Via Investigate Midwest, a report on Bill Gates’ spending spree on Nebraska farmland: A glance at federal records shows the series of Nebraska farms listed as foreign owned, though there’s no country attached and no hint that these farms with unassuming names might be related. Willowdale Farms, Merrick County Farms, Dove Haven Ranch, Champion Valley […]
Read more »Second-Largest Foreign Owner Of US Land Is A Chinese Communist Party Member
January 11th, 2024
Via Daily Caller, a report on the second-largest foreign landowner in the U.S., a Chinese billionaire who it has been determined is a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): The second-largest foreign landowner in the U.S. is a Chinese billionaire who it has been determined is a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), […]
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