These Entrepeneurs are Using Technology to Turn a Profit on Food Waste
Take a look at what some creative businesses are doing to turn trash into treasure.
Food & Water
Water Scarcity, Public Protest Slow Foreign Farmland Purchases
This month, in a new report, GRAIN found that investment in foreign land holdings, purchases that the group calls “land grabs,” remains prevalent around the world.
Looking for Food in All the Wrong Places
Thus far, the government of Mozambique has dutifully reformed its seed laws to conform, creating obstacles to the kinds of real solutions – to hunger, poverty, and climate change – farmers in Marracuene are creating for themselves.
Feeding Cities from Within
Urban agriculture is sprouting up all over the world.
European Referendum: Issues for Agriculture
Agriculture has been one of the key issues in the build up to the European referendum.
But We Only Have Local Wine!
Italians can decouple food policy and food law because they have a rich culture.
Food: Trading Away our Future – Part III
Because of productivity gains in developed countries, agriculture prices dropped by some 60% in the period 1960-2000. As the productivity of the poorest farmers remained much the same, it is obvious that they have lost out. Their value of production, regardless if they eat it themselves or sell it, has gone down considerably, making them poorer both in relative and absolute terms.
Pathways of Transition to Agroecological Food Systems
A new report by leading sustainability experts has reaffirmed the case for a paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems – fundamental to which is a call for redistributing power back into the hands of those who feed the world.
A Realistic Look at the Local Food Movement
Incorporating a higher percentage of locally-produced food from small-scale farms into our lives is important in the way that shopping at local businesses is important: because it keeps money in the community and it diversifies our economy.
Food as a City Lens and Lever
Why is it that so few people – and especially so few people in government – see food and cities as a match made in heaven?
Sierra Cascade: Farming Blueberries and the Wild
For most of the year, Sierra Cascade Blueberry Farm seems to run itself naturally amid a diverse ecosystem of native insects, birds, and other wildlife.
Urban Swales Part 3: On Levels and Transits
In this third video on urban swales, I explain why the level is a key tool in permaculture design and demonstrate its use to ensure that our swales work as intended…
