A new op-ed in Civil Eats by Anthony Pahnke and Jason Jarvis argues that the push for AI in industrial agriculture and aquaculture is being framed as a solution to feed the world. Yet, it ultimately expands corporate control over food systems. The piece highlights how these technologies can deepen farmer dependence on corporations, displace workers, and expand industrial fish farming without improving food access or sustainability.

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Anthony Pahnke is vice president of Family Farm Defenders and an associate professor of international relations at San Francisco State University in California.

Jason Jarvis, NAMA’s board president, is a Rhode Island fisherman with more than 30 years on the water and the co-founder of Quonnie Fish Cooperative.