Gunnar Rundgren

Gunnar Rundgren has worked with most parts of the organic farmer sector – from farming to policy - since 1977, starting on the pioneer organic farm, Torfolk. Founder and Senior Consultant of Grolink AB, he worked for several United Nations agencies and development cooperation organizations including the World Bank. He was a World Board member of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements 1998 and the president 2000-2005. He has written several books, the latest being Global Eating Disorder. Currently, he runs a small farm with vegetables, fruits and nuts as well as a handful of cows.

The nitrogen challenge for organic agriculture

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

It is often claimed that half of the global food supply is made possible by the use of chemical fertilizers, but is it true that we will starve if all farms in the world were organic?

August 4, 2021

If It’s Profitable, Is It Really Sustainable?

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

That an economic activity has to be profitable is considered a truism, something taken for granted and not reflected upon. But what if the opposite is the case?

May 27, 2021

Don’t throw the cow out with the feedlot

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

While there are many environmental and ethical reasons to criticize industrial forms of livestock production, there are no valid reasons to shun the rearing of livestock in general.

March 22, 2021

Think inside the right box

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

In my talk, I encouraged the participants to think inside the box of Norrbotten for food production. What can actually be produced in a good way on their lands?

February 18, 2021

Oats or milk is not the question

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

The choice between milk and plant-based alternatives is less important than how the food system is designed and how they are produced.

January 19, 2021

A life on our planet – review

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

Because the film is so compelling and Attenborough such a sympathetic person, viewers may accept all of its statements and arguments. This would, however, be a mistake in my opinion.

October 29, 2020

Of mice, men and elephants

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth Blog

In most prevailing sustainability narratives, increased efficiency is a prominent component. It is a prerequisite for the supposed possibility to combine decreasing pressure on natural resources with economic growth.

October 22, 2020

Is the Green Deal a card shuffle trick?

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth

Neither empirical evidence not the application of green technologies or practices discussed in this article support that economic growth can be combined with reduced resource demands.

October 5, 2020