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.
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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.
Rural Realities | Succession – Passing It (All) On To The Next Generation
Succession bridges the gap between generations. The link between the past and the future, it allows us to envisage the future – in continuity or forging new paths – informed by previous failures and successes.
Owning Earth
Nobody owns the land. Nobody has title to create scarcity in order to increase personal wealth. Nobody can take without giving back.
Putting Indigenous knowledge into practice for climate change: the Tribal Adaptation Menu
This article describes a tool called the Tribal Adaptation Menu that provides a set of concrete, practical strategies, approaches and tactics for how to incorporate indigenous thinking into planning, policy, research and interventions for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners.
An Open Letter to Bill Gates on Food, Farming, and Africa
We, 50 organizations focused on food sovereignty and justice worldwide, want you to know there is no shortage of practical solutions and innovations by African farmers and organizations. We invite you to step back and learn from those on the ground.
The Indigenous Food Cafés Transforming Local Cuisine
The modern food system has a huge carbon footprint. These Indian cafés want to change that.
