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Agroecology Brigades, Indigenous Guardians, and the Fertilizer War

May 29, 2026

Agroecology networks and Indigenous land guardianship are mobilizing as direct counter-infrastructure to extractive monopolies, challenging the geopolitical chokepoints of fertilizer supply and state-subsidized oil expansion. While empires weaponize agricultural inputs and hardcode fossil fuel dependency through carbon-capture subsidies, grassroots sovereignty movements are restoring soil, salmon, and marsh ecosystems to rebuild material resilience against ecological and economic fracture.

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