Wise Traditions

468: Agribusiness Takeover

Apr 1, 2024

Dutch investigative journalist Elze van Hamelen reveals a deliberate campaign by agribusiness to control land and food supply, damaging health and communities. Topics include Rockefeller Foundation's

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Elze van Hamelen

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Quick takeaways

There is a deliberate campaign to control land and food supply, harming health and communities.

Investing locally in small farmers can empower them and promote resilient food systems.

Deep dives

The push for big ag over small farming

There is a global movement favoring big agriculture over small farms, claiming benefits for food supply and climate. Elsa Van Hamelen, a researcher and journalist, challenges this agenda, highlighting how it harms small farmers. The industrial agriculture narrative paints farmers negatively, but Elsa reveals a history of land consolidation to promote industrial farming globally.

Introduction

2min

Insights into the Agribusiness Takeover and Land Grab

2min

Origins of Industrial Agriculture and Its Global Impact

5min

Impact of GMO Seeds on Farmers & Policy Tensions

3min

Challenges of Industrialized Food Models and Corporate Influence

7min

Sustaining Communities with Small Plots of Land

6min

Resilience in Traditional Farming Practices

13min

Industrial farming is on the rise and small farmers are being put out of business. But this isn't a coincidence or an unfortunate accidental side effect of progress. Dutch investigative journalist Elze van Hamelen suggests that there is a deliberate campaign to control the land and our food supply, that is not only damaging our health but ripping apart communities, traditions, and families.

Among other topics on today's episode, Elze digs into the Rockefeller Foundation's initiative to "Reset the Table," the "30 x 30 land conservation" plan, the history of land consolidation in the Netherlands (which she never learned about in school) and more. She also discusses a surprising way we can support small farmers who are at risk of losing their land and push back against the worldwide propaganda that promotes the idea that small farming is bad for nature and for humanity.

Visit Elze's website: vanhamelen.eu

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