A hot summer day
They are like peas in a pod
A vast field of green

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"The problem is our monopolised food system. Think of it as a vast profit machine shaped like an hourglass, with many food producers at the top, millions of consumers at the bottom, and a few dominant firms – such as giant supermarkets or global food traders – clustered at its narrowing neck, siphoning a cut from the passing traffic"
Nicholas Shaxson, co-founder of the Balanced Economy Project

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/22/big-supermarkets-strangling-farmers-shoppers-solution-break-them-up?CMP=GTUK_email

Food giants are strangling Britain’s farmers and consumers. What’s the solution? Break them up

The UK has a huge problem with monopolies – yet taking conglomerates apart is not as hard as you might think, says Nicholas Shaxson, co-founder of the Balanced Economy Project

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Our top story: Punishments, injuries, and deaths—including from heat—on TDCJ farms are more hidden than they were in the years following convict leasing. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-prison-plantations/

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Texas’ Plantation Prisons: Inside a 200-Year History of Forced Labor Shrouded in Secrecy

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Arizona's farmers have discovered agrivoltaics. This is a no brainer in such hot, dry areas.

"Some plants actually produced more with less water. Cowpea beans, for example – also known as black-eyed peas – had a higher crop yield when grown in the shade of solar panels. Full sun required twice as much water, it turned out"

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Farmers turn to Solar Panels to shade Crops, Save Water and generate Power
https://www.juancole.com/2024/07/farmers-panels-generate.html

Farmers turn to Solar Panels to shade Crops, Save Water and generate Power

By Amaia J. Gavica/Cronkite News ( Cronkite News ) - WASHINGTON – For 31 straight days last summer, temperatures in …

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Rural solar development expands to vineyards, peach orchards

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https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/11/peaches-grapes-the-agrivoltaic-farm-of-the-future/

Peaches, Grapes, & The Agrivoltaic Farm Of The Future - CleanTechnica

A high tech agrivoltaic tracking system uses an algorithm to shift horizontal solar panels over grape vines.

^{Tina Casey (CleanTechnica)}

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