Rekindling Family Farming at Owl Oak Acres
People need to eat. People need to have clothes to wear. So it’s important, it really is. For me, it’s about preserving that in whatever way we can.
Food & Water
Solidarity Forever: Initiatives in the Global South as a model of the post-COVID-19 solidarity economy
“Unlike identity, solidarity is not something you have, it is something you do – a set of actions taken toward a common goal…[It] is the practice of helping people realize that they – that is to say, we – are all in this together.”
The Justice for Black Farmers Act
We are very pleased with and excited about the outcomes of the Justice for Black Farmers Act as it stands today and are asking our members, comrades and supporters to sign on to this piece of legislation so that it has no choice but to pass.
Sustainable Fair & Conscious Eating
What does it look like when food not only nourishes our body & soul but also strengthens communities and lets ecosystems thrive? What is good food? What does it mean to eat sustainably, fair & consciously?
Beating the Bounds: Inside the Struggle to Make Open Source Seed
Commoners in medieval Europe variously employed boundary beating as physical mapping of space, territorial defense, and performative acts of community, collective memory, and shared responsibility.
Black Farm Cooperatives: Tangible Solutions
Discussion about how cooperative farming and racial equity in federal food policy can create economic sustainability in Black communities.
Agroecology or Collapse Part III – Reclaiming the ‘archaic’, ‘anarchic’, and ‘utopian’ as the language of food system transformation
Agroecology is archaic, anarchic, and utopian – of course it is and thank goodness! In the final post of this three-part series, Paulo Petersen and Denis Monteiro push back against the arguments often made against agroecology.
The sheep sacrifice
With a no deal Brexit looming and the Government’s farm subsidy regimen shifting towards payments only for delivering ‘public goods’, it looks like hard times may lie ahead for many commercial farmers in the UK, none more so than for upland livestock farmers.
Who eats local food?
As we leave the EU and transition to a new agricultural policy, it is imperative that Government wakes up to the rising and broad-based consumer demand for local and sustainable food.
Time to get defiant: Improving our collective food awareness
Good food for everyone is a matter of social justice and if you’re not angry about the current inequalities then maybe you should be.
Make markets matter
Stand-alone independent food markets strengthen all sorts of community relationships and support local food economies.
Slowing Down Fashion with Italia A Collection
By learning about sustainability at FIDM and being introduced to Fibershed’s perspective— that’s really grown my design philosophy. Since then, I have been making zero-waste products made only with sustainable materials.
