Writing Agroecology into Law
In 2014, the French government recruited cross-party support to pass a new law for agriculture, food and forestry driven by a new-found commitment to agroecology.
Food & Water
Radical Farmers Use Fresh Food to Fight Racial Injustice and the New Jim Crow
Owning our own land, growing our own food, educating our own youth, participating in our own healthcare and justice systems—this is the source of real power and dignity.
Thomas Farm: Trailblazing the Organic Movement
It may be hard to imagine a time when the term “organic” was completely unregulated or when farmers markets were not a common sight in most major cities, but this was the agricultural landscape that Jerry and Jean Thomas drove boldly into when they left Los Angeles in their VW bug with a dream to farm.
Romancing the Farm
On a mid-summer day last year, The Guardian and Modern Farmer Magazine each published an article urging readers to ‘stop romanticising’ farms.
Affording our Land
One of the biggest challenges facing new farmers is access to affordable land.
India’s Food Security Threatened by Groundwater Depletion
Without serious efforts to stem the mining of groundwater, food production will decline.
How to Start a Seed Sharing Campaign in Your Town
Want to start a campaign to save seed sharing in your town? We’ve put together the following guide to help you do just that.
How Will We Grow New Farmers?
Farmers perform one of society’s most essential functions, yet farming is one of the most undervalued and endangered professions in the United States
Growing Intolerance
How could wheat, a staple food that has sustained humanity for so long, have suddenly become a threat to our health?
Just What Is a Hedgerow? A Few Notes on History, Form and Function
What is a domesticated yet wild landscape?
To That End
At times our farm seems an island in a sea of abuse.
Lessons from a California Drought
It has been much debated whether climate change has been at work across California – and the western United States more generally.
