Growing your own food…??
…I think I would do better for myself and for the planet if I bought my food from local farmers, those that I know are using the least harmful methods of growing food.
Food & Water
Letter From The Farm | How a Young Lithuanian Farmer Blends Science, Soil & Community
It is clear that the EU support for farmers will be reduced given the concerns over EU’s security and increased defence spending, which I find logical in the current geopolitical context. All farmers will have to tighten their belts. However, I remain optimistic about organic farming, as more and more people in Lithuania are looking for such products. This trend is driving me forward.
Rebuilding Our Autonomy: From Forced Imitation to Sovereign Creation
These are the three keys to a sovereign Algeria. Without control over our resources, without care for our soils, and without independence of thought, there can be neither lasting prosperity nor real autonomy. Sovereignty is not decreed — it is built every day, in our fields, our workshops, and our schools.
Roots on the Roof: How Rooftop Farming is Reinventing Farming in Delhi
There is a temptation to view rooftop farming as a novelty or a lifestyle trend, especially in middle-class contexts. But Living Greens work resists that narrative. It regrounds urban farming in the needs of ordinary people; farmers looking for dignified work, households seeking healthier food, and communities preparing for climate disruption.
Livestock and climate change further explained
Before I begin let me say that I think much of the global livestock industry is a horror show, and it’d be great to bring the curtain down on a lot of it. Also that cutting down wild forests or ploughing up wild grasslands are terrible ideas. And that there are a lot of good reasons to opt for veganism. That’s not what this is about.
Bioregioning: How to Thrive Where We Live
Can we meet the needs of humanity without undermining the life-support systems of the planet? Find out if bioregioning holds the key to a positive and systemic way forward. Lyla June Johnston, Samantha Power, and Brandon Letsinger will offer insight and inspiring leadership in “Bioregioning: How to Thrive where We Live.”
The Rise of a New Grain Alliance – Germany’s Free Bakers Sow the Seeds of Change
The hope is that what began in the fields near Leipzig may well mark the start of a new chapter for Germany’s food system; one where bread becomes more than sustenance, but the shared ground for a fairer, more resilient future.
The ecological economy of food
Therefore, one can’t separate the question for how an ecological food system can look like from a purely ecological perspective from the socio-economic aspects of it….I think the starting point is that those involved in the management of ecosystems should, largely, be in charge and control the resources. Decentralized management will lead to more diversity, innovation and evolution.
Barbara Damrosch’s Life in the Garden
I often just say gardening is standing back and taking a look and seeing what nature’s already doing and not stand in its way. That’s it in a nutshell. If I had to put it all into one sentence, it would be that one.
The Rising Cost of Your Morning Brew: How Climate Change Is Brewing a Coffee Crisis
Severe weather, shifting trade policies, and a lack of support for small farmers are driving coffee prices sky high. Without urgent investment, your daily brew could become a luxury.
Go solar, go vegan and still collapse: beyond the global environmental problems framework
There is no “if we all just did x” solution, shorn of local context, to the unravelling of the high-energy global economy. This kind of contextless thinking exemplifies what I call in my forthcoming book the ‘world environmental problems’ framework. It signally fails to provide plausible solutions.
Dreaming of a small fashion farm
Situated within a bioregion populated by a multitude of small-scale nested ecosystems that grow food and create useful materials alongside textile fibres the fashion farm will require integration into wider production systems and seasons. It will require learning to be we not I. This dream is too big for one person and a single farm, it is something we must manifest together.
