A Farmer’s Guide to Brexit
I promised a Brexit two-parter with a second post on agriculture, so that’s what I aim to deliver.
Food & Water
30 Ways Cities Can Prepare for Global Warming
There’s a good reason (actually, 30 good reasons covered here…) why no-one has been able to come up with a better term for what’s called “urban agriculture.”
In Venezuela’s Difficult Times the Grassroots are Stronger
‘People are starting to understand how food works. There is no way to move forward until communities become involved in food and production.
Another Side to Food Waste
The food waste debate has gone mainstream…However, there is one side to the story that is often overlooked: the impact of food waste in the Global South.
The Chicago Honey Co-op Works with a Hive Mind
Bees are essential to food production. In response to the massive, global colony collapse problem, myriad urban beekeeping organizations have cropped up around the country.
Food: Trading Away our Future? Part IV
Today, linking farmers to markets is an overarching policy for almost all development agencies as well as governments.
I Trust Cows More than I Trust Chemists
How is it in this country we are so willing to look at technology and say that it will solve all of our problems?
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.
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.
