Why Our Farms Are Disappearing

The American Farmland Trust has some unsettling news: American farmland is being vacuumed up by development. Find out more by watching this installment of The Lempert Report.

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September 8, 2026

Workers collect garlic from a farm on the banks of the Kok River in Tha Ton, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2026.

Worsening El Nino Threatens Asia With Drought — Potentially Raising Food Prices Globally

September 22, 2026

Merlot grapes hang on a vine at Berryhill Family Vineyards in Clements, Calif., Sept. 10, 2026.

California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Wine Demand Drops

September 22, 2026

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PepsiCo to End Manufacturing at Longtime D.C. Area Plant

September 21, 2026

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September 8, 2026

Workers collect garlic from a farm on the banks of the Kok River in Tha Ton, Thailand, Feb. 21, 2026.

Worsening El Nino Threatens Asia With Drought — Potentially Raising Food Prices Globally

Cutbacks in staple crops, like rice and palm oil, can have impacts worldwide.

September 22, 2026

Merlot grapes hang on a vine at Berryhill Family Vineyards in Clements, Calif., Sept. 10, 2026.

California Farmers Are Struggling to Sell Grapes as Wine Demand Drops

Changing drinking habits have caused demand to plunge.

September 22, 2026

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PepsiCo to End Manufacturing at Longtime D.C. Area Plant

The food and beverage giant plans to lay off over 140 workers.

September 21, 2026

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Kikkoman Opens New $560 Million Production Facility in Wisconsin

This is the soy sauce giant's third U.S. plant.

September 21, 2026

A customer holds an ice cream cone outside of a Mixue store, Sept. 16, 2026, Sunnyvale, Calif.

Fast Food From the U.S. and China Catches on in Both Countries

Bilateral trade in burgers and bubble tea has become business- and consumer-led gastrodiplomacy.

September 21, 2026

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Wisconsin Cheese Packaging Company to Expand Mississippi Facility

The project is expected to add nearly 40 jobs.

September 16, 2026

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Kremlin Orders Seizure of Nestle’s Russian Business

A 2023 law allows businesses from “unfriendly countries” to be placed under temporary administration.

September 18, 2026

Wolfgang Busch, director of the Harnessing Plants Initiative at the Salk Institute, holds up a soybean root that was genetically-engineered to grow downward, Sept. 1, 2026, Urbana, Ill.

Scientists Hope Deeper-rooted Soybeans Can Withstand Climate Extremes

Researchers hypothesize that steeper roots may also allow farmers to increase yields.

September 18, 2026

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Consumer Product Giants Join Forces on Packaging R&D

The initiative aims to develop recyclable and biodegradable paper-based flexible packaging.

September 17, 2026

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Coke Plans to Spend $10B in the U.S. by 2030

The projects will include expanded or new sites across production, distribution and administration.

September 17, 2026

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Danone Recalls Non-Dairy Dessert Over ‘Small Stones,’ Other ‘Hard Objects’

The company was notified about potential foreign materials in the “cashew inclusions.”

September 16, 2026

Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Saval Foods headquarters in Columbia, Md., Sept. 9, 2026.

Saval Foods Announces New Headquarters, Distribution Hub

The facility will bring the foodservice distributor’s operations “together under one roof.”

September 15, 2026

A sign at an Abbott Laboratories campus facility is displayed, April 28, 2016, in Lake Forest, Ill.

Abbott Agrees to Settlement Over Closure of Largest Baby Formula Plant in the U.S.

The company will pay $385 million to resolve contamination claims.

September 14, 2026

Dutch Bros drinks with Soft Top at a Dutch Bros Coffee shop in Los Angeles, Sept. 3, 2026.

Mouthfeel Joins Flavor as a Food Industry Focus

Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry.

September 14, 2026