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“It is the Wild West out here”: Prairie farmers’ perspectives on farmland investment and land concentration
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By André Magnan, Mengistu Wendimu, Annette Desmarais, Katherine Aske
This research builds on the emerging body of literature investigating the implications of changing land tenure relations in the Prairie Provinces, where over 70% of Canada’s farmland is located....
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7783/?v=1
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Beef, Beans, or Byproducts? Following Flexitarianism’s Finances
19 Mar 2025 | Essay | Contributor(s):
By Kelsey Speakman
Flexitarianism was one of the top food trends of the summer in 2020. Characterizing reductions in meat eating as representative of the reflections on personal and societal health that were taking...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7736/?v=1
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FFS - How financialization influences the dynamics of the food supply chain
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Myriam Vander Stichele
The growing interlinkages between the financial and agrifood sectors have to a large extent shaped the dynamics in the latter, from land ownership to food retail. This article describes the...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7669/?v=1
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FFS - Small farmer vulnerability and climate risk: Index insurance as a financial fix
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By S. Ryan Isakson
By its very nature, agriculture is a risky endeavor. Farmers not only face natural threats from pests, plant disease, and inclement weather, but many must also worry about fluctuating input costs,...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7670/?v=1
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FFS - Finance and the global land rush: Understanding the growing role of investment funds in land deals and large-scale farming
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Oane Visser
In the wake of the 2007–08 food crisis, we have seen the combined development of a rapid financialization of agriculture with the expansion of large-scale corporate farming through large-scale land...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7671/?v=1
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FFS - SYNTHESIS - The state of time in this financial moment: Financialization in the food system
19 Mar 2025 | Article | Contributor(s):
By Sarah J Martin
The three papers and workshop discussion draw attention to the various ways that finance and food come together through new financial actors and tools, and in new political contexts, or...
https://hsscommons.arcsoft.uvic.ca/en/publications/7672/?v=1
