LandRush Project

LandRush is an ongoing artistic and journalistic exploration of the social and environmental impact of large-scale agro-investments on rural economies and land rights, the boom of renewable fuels, the reallocation of land, and the future of agriculture around the world.

With crop failures becoming more frequent due to climate change, groundwater levels dropping, soils depleting, and the increase in productivity of most crop plants sinking, the question is: How can we feed the world without trashing it?

Since 2011 Frauke Huber and Uwe H. Martin documented neocolonial land grabbing in Ethiopia, industrial mega-farms in Brazil, family farms thriving due to ethanol production in Iowa, organic farming and land use policies in Eastern Germany and the multiyear drought in California’s Central Valley. Currently they are researching organic farming and land use politics in Eastern Germany and water policies in the Colorado water shed.

The LandRush-App features three extensive stories from Ethiopia, Brazil and Iowa. Each chapter consists of a combination of short documentary films, photos and texts with a total viewing/reading time of around 30 minutes.
The LandRush-App is constantly updated with new chapters whenever they become available.