Saskatchewan Floods and Seed Patents Squeeze the Global Food Commons
July 8, 2026
From the deregulation of public grazing lands in the American West to the commercialization of genomic seed patents in Europe, industrial monopolies are systematically eroding community-led agroecology. While Saskatchewan farmers struggle with flood recovery and Moroccan fertilizer giants navigate Hormuz supply shocks, the USMCA review process threatens to further financialize North American trade at the expense of racialized farm labor and local food sovereignty.
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The First Major Overhaul of Public Lands Grazing Regulations in a Generation Looks to Cut Out Public Involvement
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Europe | ECVC: The Hidden Stakes of “New GMOs”
EU parliament's recent decision to authorize the commercialization of plants derived from New Genomic Techniques marks a turning point for EU agriculture, and paves the way for new GMOs to enter the market as early as 2027. The post Europe | ECVC: The Hidden Stakes of “New GMOs” appeared first on La…
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USMCA Was Once Trump’s Brainchild. Now, It’s a Dead Deal Walking.
The White House hopes that annual reviews will curb the United States’ trade deficit with Mexico and Canada.
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Canada relies on Black farm workers. So why are there so few Black farm owners?
From Ontario to the Okanagan, Black and racialized workers power agriculture, but barriers to land ownership mean they rarely own farms. That gap is shaping Canada’s food future
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How Morocco’s fertiliser giant OCP was shaken by the Hormuz crisis
The reopening of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has eased pressure on fertiliser markets. But it has also exposed the Moroccan phosphate champion’s reliance on imported sulphur and ammonia.
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The world has the science to transform food systems. The next frontier is scaling it
The world’s food systems face real and urgent challenges. These include climate change, nutrition insecurity, food safety, and unequal access to markets. Research has produced practical solutions to each of these that could benefit hundreds of millions of people. Too few are moved into widespread us…
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Urban farming helps Johannesburg’s poorest households survive – now it needs bigger investment
Urban agriculture, where plants and livestock are farmed within city limits, is increasingly recognised and promoted as a solution to food insecurity and a way to green cities so that they adapt to climate change. It includes farming plants upwards (vertical systems), on roofs (green roofs), in the…
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'Far as the eye can see': Saskatchewan communities cleaning up after floods