Food Security

Just as the world was starting to breathe a sigh of relief after the tumultuous impact of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on food prices, a new threat looms on the horizon. A drought spanning across America’s breadbasket threatens to exacerbate food inflation, further straining consumers’ wallets. The dry spell has affected the wheat fields of the Great Plains and the Corn Belt in the Upper Midwest, leaving some areas with mere fractions of their regular rainfall as we approach crucial growing periods for corn and soybeans. This…

In the world of agriculture and food production, a new trend is causing ripples of concern across the United States. China’s increasing investment in U.S. farmland is a topic of considerable debate, with the National Black Farmers Association’s President, John Boyd Jr., leading the charge. His apprehensions center around China’s potential impact on U.S. food security, particularly in light of its growing control over American farmland and related industries. China’s Growing Farmland Investments Over the past few years, the trend of Chinese-owned companies purchasing vast amounts of rural farmland in…