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Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Frayer, Lauren (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-02-12
Published:
United States: NPR
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10940
Notes:
online article and podcast
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
McKirdy, Tim (author) and VinePair
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-06-05
Published:
United States: VinePair
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11363
Notes:
4 pages., via website
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-07-10
Published:
USA: Ethical Advocate
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D12985
Notes:
2 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Vaugh, Emily (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-11-22
Published:
United States: NPR: The Salt.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 124 Document Number: D11214
Notes:
10 pages, via website
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Rotz, Sarah (author), Gravely, Evan (author), Mosby, Ian (author), Duncan, Emily (author), Finnis, Elizabeth (author), Horgan, Mervyn (author), LeBlanc, Joseph (author), Martin, Ralph (author), Tait Neufeld, Hannah (author), Nixon, Andrew (author), Pant, Laxmi (author), Shalla, Vivian (author), and Fraser, Evan (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-02-13
Published:
Canada: Science Direct
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10251
Journal Title:
Journal of Rural Studies
Notes:
11 pages., Via online article, A “digital revolution” in agriculture is underway. Advanced technologies like sensors, artificial intelligence, and robotics are increasingly being promoted as a means to increase food production efficiency while minimizing resource use. In the process, agricultural digitalization raises critical social questions about the implications for diverse agricultural labourers and rural spaces as digitalization evolves. In this paper, we use literature and field data to outline some key trends being observed at the nexus of agricultural production, technology, and labour in North America, with a particular focus on the Canadian context. Using the data, we highlight three key tensions observed: rising land costs and automation; the development of a high-skill/low-skilled bifurcated labour market; and issues around the control of digital data. With these tensions in mind, we use a social justice lens to consider the potential implications of digital agricultural technologies for farm labour and rural communities, which directs our attention to racial exploitation in agricultural labour specifically. In exploring these tensions, we argue that policy and research must further examine how to shift the trajectory of digitalization in ways that support food production as well as marginalized agricultural labourers, while pointing to key areas for future research—which is lacking to date. We emphasize that the current enthusiasm for digital agriculture should not blind us to the specific ways that new technologies intensify exploitation and deepen both labour and spatial marginalization.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Radke, Amanda (author) and Agweek
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-01-27
Published:
United States: Agweek and Forum Communications Company
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11280
Notes:
3 pages., via website
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-09-05
Published:
Canada: Angus Reid Institute
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13069
Notes:
22 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Skahill, Patrick (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-03-16
Published:
United States: NPR
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10942
Notes:
3 pages, via online article and podcast
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Armiak, David (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-07-30
Published:
USA: Center for Media and Democracy, Madison, Wisconsin
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13050
Notes:
4 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-04-29
Published:
Canada: Angus Reid Institute
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13188
Notes:
9 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-09-13
Published:
Canada: Angus Reid Institute
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13191
Notes:
13 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Bedord, Laurie (author) and Successful Farming
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-10-10
Published:
United States: Meredith Agrimedia, Meredith Corporation
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 109 Document Number: D10987
Notes:
4 pages, via website
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Ibirogba, Femi (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-12-06
Published:
Nigeria: The Guardian Nigeria
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13131
Notes:
2 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Cole, Diane (author) and National Public Radio (NPR)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-11-01
Published:
United States: NPR
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 114 Document Number: D11042
Notes:
6 pages, via website
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Monroe, Rachel (author) and The New Yorker
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-11-18
Published:
United States: Condé Nast
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 132 Document Number: D11362
Notes:
14 pages., via online magazine
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Klein, JoAnn (author) and The New York Times
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-09-26
Published:
United States: The New York Times
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 108 Document Number: D10952
Notes:
3 pages, online article
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Godoy, Maria (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-02-10
Published:
NPR: The Salt.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10125
Notes:
Via website.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Hodai, Beau (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-01-16
Published:
USA: Center for Media and Democracy, Madison, Wisconsin
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13185
Notes:
21 pages, located on PRWatch.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Froehlich, Halley E. (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-05-27
Published:
Springer Nature
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10674
Notes:
6 pages., via Scientific American website., Demand for seafood is increasing across the globe, and the United States is no exception. Aquaculture, or aquatic farming, is increasingly meeting this demand and now supplies just over 50 percent of all seafood globally. In fact, it has been one of the world’s fastest growing food sectors for years.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
National Pork Board
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-05-16
Published:
United States: Farm Journal's Pork
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11051
Notes:
2 pages, via website
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Longwell, Karen (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-10-31
Published:
USA: Ryerson Review of Journalism
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 207 Document Number: D13051
Notes:
8 pages
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Goodyear, Dana (author) and The New Yorker
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-08-11
Published:
United States: Condé Nast
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 131 Document Number: D11314
Notes:
5 pages., via online magazine publication
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Bowman, Brittany (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-10-16
Published:
United States: Farm Journal's Pork
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 121 Document Number: D11052
Notes:
2 pages, via website
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Ngumbi, Esther (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-02-21
Published:
Springer Nature
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 34 Document Number: D10673
Notes:
4 pages., via Scientific American website., Opinion piece by Esther Ngumbi, a distinguished postdoctoral researcher at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Entomology Department and a Food Security, on why she believes there needs to be a bigger emphasis on public communication by scientists.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
McCoy, Berly (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-01-10
Published:
United States: NPR: The Salt.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D10106
Notes:
5 pages.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Neighmond, Patti (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-03-04
Published:
United Kingdom: NPR: The Salt.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 7 Document Number: D10247
Notes:
3 pages, via online article
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Ellis, Rebecca (author)
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-01-24
Published:
USA: NPR: The Salt.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 149 Document Number: D10113
Notes:
5 pages., Via website.
Collection:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
Contributers:
Gowen, Annie (author) and The Washington Post
Format:
Online article
Publication Date:
2019-11-09
Published:
United States: The Washington Post
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 130 Document Number: D11278
Notes:
25 pages., via website