Plastic pollution is a silent but significant contributor

| August 25, 2025

Senior New Voices Fellow Mojisola Ojebode recently published a piece on how plastic pollution in agriculture has become a silent but significant contributor to environmental degradation. While plastics enhance farming efficiency, their long-term effects on soil health, food safety, and human health demand urgent regulatory reform and a shift toward sustainable alternatives.

Read her op-ed below to learn how unchecked plastic use in agriculture is harming our health and why urgent, collective action is needed to rethink how we grow our food.