A small farm future: some lessons from Ukraine
Ultimately, if anything sees us through into the next phase of history it will be human connectedness, not organizational efficiency.
Food & Water
Hoarding is suddenly in, “lean” operations are out as shortages ripple across the globe
The list of countries banning or reducing exports of foodstuffs is now increasing so quickly that it is starting to look like a pile-up on the freeway:
Down to the Ground – Green Medicine for the People!
Health is a human right, not a privilege, which is why Herbalists Without Borders work to deliver health justice to displaced and disadvantaged people via the powerful medium of herbs.
Is There Life After Fert?
A return to mixed farming would bring with it numerous blessings: reduced water pollution, greater agricultural biodiversity, healthier soils, reduced reliance on pesticides and herbicides, more farm jobs and more varied and interesting work.
Peri-urban agriculture: Feeding us where the urban and rural meet
There are exciting opportunities for using land on the edge of cities – the peri-urban (areas adjacent to urban settlements) fringe – to provide more agroecologically produced food and to connect urban and rural economies through food growing.
Rural gentrification Part IV: the internship problem
To complete my present mini-series of posts on rural and agrarian gentrification, I want to talk about what I’ll call the internship problem. This relates to the practice of employing young or new entrant people at low or no wages, usually on the basis – or at least the pretext – that the opportunity gives them experience that will enable them to get more gainful employment in the future.
War in Ukraine – Food Fight in the EU
So now that we have the evidence of the risk of excessive reliance on feeds, fertilizers and fossil fuels – what are we going to do to adjust to this reality?
Spirituality is key to building solidarity: An interview with La Via Campesina’s Nettie Wiebe
But as a matter of fact, in the household and at the community level, it’s very often the case we as women have a very important cultural and spiritual role.
DIY Oat Milk
Modern veganism is not, as I perceive it, a practise rooted in seeking connection to the Earth and all life thereon; it’s simply mainstream consumerism, with all its deleterious impacts on animal life, re-branded for a more affluent audience.
Stories from the movement: Transition Toronto
The principle in Transition of focusing your energy on what you are passionate about is beautifully captured in the work of Transition Toronto in Canada.
Our Wild Farming Life: Excerpt
To not manage land involves letting go, giving that control and responsibility back to nature and instead adopting an approach to work with it – a fundamental shift in practice and mindset.
The Taming of the Slough: Humanity’s History of Trying to Control Water (Episode 48 of Crazy Town)
What we do with water matters even more in the era of global warming. Can we learn to treat this most precious of resources in a way that achieves sustainability?
