In this review, we bridge recent studies on the political economy of urban and rural real
property ownership, focusing on the US. While there are many parallels and interlinkages …

This article examines the shifting ways in which the dispossessive and toxic effects of
agricultural chemicals have been encoded as agrarian best practices. I develop the concept …

Over the past several decades the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched
a'Cultural Transformation Initiative'aimed at addressing racial discrimination. Yet recent work …

Agricultural extension in the United States is a massive, federally-sponsored apparatus that
shapes rural life as it aims to improve both farming practices and rural people. While the …

Both academic and popular sources have recently pointed to important changes in rural
land ownership across the United States: from consolidation and financialization to …

Land trusts are increasingly powerful institutions of US environmental governance that
deserve more critical scrutiny. As charitable conservation organizations, they enjoy the many …

On March 3, 2019, an EF4 tornado devastated the rural Alabama communities of
Beauregard and Smith Station, killing 23 people and causing direct injuries to another 97 …

The digitisation of agriculture is underway—with advocates highlighting its potential to
improve resource efficiency and reduce environmental impacts of agriculture, and critics …

Black agrarian movements in the US have variously worked towards gaining equality within
broader society and access to resources from dominant institutions as well as separation …

In May 2023, the US Agroecology Summit took place in Kansas City, Missouri, where the
USDA, under the Trump administration and Purdue secretaryship a few years prior, had …