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Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased t…

With diminishing opportunities at home, some U.S. soybean farmers have relocated thousands of miles South. A new book considers the impact.

With diminishing opportunities at home, some U.S. soybean farmers have relocated thousands of miles South. A new book considers the impact.

In 1968 a group of nine U.S.-born Holdeman Mennonites purchased Cerrado land and later became some of the first farmers to produce high yields of corn and soybeans in Southwestern Goiás, Brazil. This ...

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Andrew Ofstehage is currently a program coordinator for CALS International Programs at North Carolina State University. He applied the “ P...

We ask Andrew Ofstehage, author of Welcome to Soylandia: Transnational Farmers in the Brazilian Cerrado, three questions about his new book.

Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, Welcome to Soylandia investigates industrial farming in the modern developing world. See...

Welcome to Soylandia by A. Ofstehage (2025) New Books by SALSA Members

See all the new books published in April 2025 by Cornell University Press and its imprints.

Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, Welcome to Soylandia investigates industrial farming in the modern developing world. See...

Following a group of US Midwest farmers who purchased tracts of land in the tropical savanna of eastern Brazil, Welcome to Soylandia investigates industrial farming in the modern developing world. See...

Farming has become increasingly visible in recent years, following a growing public interest in how food is produced. Anthropologists have been studying farming since the founding of the discipline. T...

As cleanup continues in the West Plains, the federal governments’ plans to strictly regulate PFAS was scrapped last week by the new administration of President Donald Trump.

We were in the room at the Carrboro Town Council meeting tonight, which had a short open session to swear in new Council Member Cristóbal Palmer - it was lovely! - and then immediately went into a mys...

Help us secure our forever farm. We’re beginning family farmers who are f… Amanda Terry needs your support for Help Zephyr Family Farm Secure Our Forever Farm