Big Sugar's Impact on Florida
Jeffrey Landau Jeffrey Landau

Big Sugar's Impact on Florida

The concentration of sugarcane production just south of Lake Okeechobee has led to ongoing battles with environmentalists, local residents, and Big Sugar. Floridians have filed federal class-action lawsuits blaming Big Sugar for causing red tide, black snow, tourism-related losses, respiratory illnesses, and more.

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The Agrihoods are Coming
Jeffrey Landau Jeffrey Landau

The Agrihoods are Coming

In the last century, we have removed the production of our food from urban and suburban environments and sequestered it to the rural countryside. Our city and suburban communities teem with amenities from gyms to golf courses, pools, and communal lounge spaces, but a new trend is emerging. This trend stems from the power agriculture can have in our communities and the power agriculture has to create community.

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How did I get into urban agriculture?
Jeffrey Landau Jeffrey Landau

How did I get into urban agriculture?

There was no single defining event that led me to join the urban agriculture/agtech industry. Rather, it was the circumstances of my childhood and a series of events that formed this journey of the last 5 years. And with any good story, it starts with a character of inspiration. In this story, it is my grandmother.

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