A theory of change for sustainable agriculture
Looking at the food system in a holistic manner and employing a diverse set of strategies is the best way to ensure lasting and stable change.
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Meet The Farmer-Bakers Proving Their Skills – part 2
Fabienne and Sébastien opened the farm gates a long time ago. In fact, they make a point of visiting other farms, in order to respect different approaches. Their farm, Le Fournil de La Barre, is located in a vibrant territory in France’s Loire-Atlantique region.
Eat, grow, share: Communities building food resilience
Building resilient local communities is at the heart of Transition; and access to good quality, fresh food that is healthy, for people and planet, is a core element.
“Spirituality is deeply anti-systemic”: An interview with Indigenous Thinker Antonio Gonzalez from the Aj Mayon Collective in Guatemala
Many people are now realizing that they cannot move forward without us. And indigenous peoples are saying: “you are not going to talk on our behalf, nor about us, anymore”.
Agroecology, Diversification and Digitalisation on Hashimoto Family Farm
While Japan continues to drive the high-tech smartification of agriculture, what is the role of digitalisation for a diversified, agroecological family farm in a rural part of Hyogo Prefecture?
Harvesting is an act of indigenous food sovereignty
Rather than seeing food sovereignty as a destination, we see it as a pathway made up of everyday acts of resistance and reparation accessible to everyone.
Food and agriculture number crunching, part 1
Without doubt, global agriculture output has increased tremendously over the last sixty years. How much, which crops or commodities, how and why are things I will address in a series of articles.
How co-ops are transforming Quebec’s food deserts
In French, the word for food processing is the same as the word for sweeping social change: transformation. Alex Beaudin dreams of doing both.
What does War in Ukraine Mean for Smallholder Farming?
The war demonstrated that smallholders can better adapt and survive in extreme conditions by relying on short food chains, alternative farm inputs, mutual help and reciprocity.
Indigenous and Black Communities Find Common Cause for Land Justice
Black and Indigenous communities increasingly see that creating healing relationships with one another is at the heart of building true transformative power to achieve land justice, with seeds of healing being planted every day.
Health & welfare in a small farm future, Part 4
In this view, small farm society is almost its own welfare system. But, as with every political vision, no doubt the reality falls somewhat short of the ideal. How would people take care of each other in a small farm future?
Stolen Lands: A Black and Indigenous History of Land Exploitation
Colonization, through genocide, land theft, and the imposition of private property, has dispossessed Indigenous and Black peoples of their homelands across the continents for generations.
