become consolidated(о собственности • In the first half, he shared his experiences growing up on a family farm and the pressing issues facing American agriculture today. "We've lost 70% of our farms in the past century," some 45,000 farms per year, he pointed out, which poses a significant threat to the nation's food supply, and is connected to rising grocery prices. Overall, the land devoted to farming has remained somewhat stable in recent years but has increasingly become consolidated by fewer owners, he explained. -- всё в большей степени концентрируются в руках всё меньшего числа владельцев (coasttocoastam.com)ART Vancouver)