Just four corporations own our food systems – and we’re the ones paying the price
The concentration of power in the agrifood sector is nothing new, but findings from a new report warn that corporate concentration has reached “unprecedented levels”.
November 4, 2026
New research reveals the link between bacteria, seagrass, and carbon
New research shows that seagrass depends on the bacteria around it—and that the antibiotics entering our oceans could disrupt that relationship.
November 2, 2026
Want to live more sustainably? Start with one tree
Whether to grow your own food or simply lessen your impact on the world, we can take initial steps toward self-sufficiency. I began by planting a tree.
October 30, 2026
Decolonizing food systems through bioregional eating
Food system change was a tool of colonization. If changing what people eat can change everything, then food system change can also be a tool of liberation.
October 22, 2026
Designing land access with deep time in mind: Moving toward a timeless ethic of land stewardship
When we begin to act with deep time in mind, perhaps future generations will remember us not for what we took, but for what we tended, protected, and passed on.
October 19, 2026
Notes from an old farmer: Revitalizing our rural communities
There is a new energy among our younger citizens to seek a more meaningful life in the country. Now is the time to take advantage of their new-found passion to live and work in a rural community.
October 13, 2026
‘The countryside cannot be made a sacrifice zone for the city’: Coming home to part-time farming – book excerpt
Cities cannot feed themselves, thus people who live in cities will be forever detached from the problems that come with extracting the resources they depend on and producing the food they eat.
October 2, 2026
Troubled Waters
Microplastic pollution is an issue that’s easy to overlook, but it’s deceptively threatening to both ocean and human health.
