Food for thought
Community-supported agriculture is a practice that seeks to connect consumers directly with producers, with the aim of fostering community, creating fair exchange and sharing risks.
Food & Water
Heritage grains: Climate resilient crops
In recent years on farms around the country, there has been a steady increase in the growing of ‘heritage’ grains – varieties of wheat, barley and rye which existed before hybrids were first created in the early 20th century.
Farmers and a degrowth economy in Russia
The global crisis gives a chance for a new model of living to emerge – an economy of degrowth. In an interview with the LavkaGazeta, Teodor Shanin is reflecting on the role that farming can play in the new model of development.
History deep, prospect wide
On page 7 I write “Throughout the world, there are long and complex histories by which people have been both yoked unwillingly to the land and divested unwillingly from it”.
Flour power: The miller’s tale
One thing this pandemic has made clear is that food doesn’t come from supermarket shelves. It never did. Food comes from the soil, the sea – and the hands of people.
Arguing for a small farm future
In the future, employment opportunities will probably cluster in low-carbon, labour-intensive sectors – among which farming will loom large.
Farms for Tomorrow: Jean-Paul Stewart-Courtens Roxbury Farm
Jean-Paul has dedicated much of his career to educating the next generation of farmers. In 1995, he was part of the original CRAFT (Collaborative Regional Alliance of Farmer Training).
‘Junk Agroecology’
The promotion of ‘junk agroecology’ initiatives opens up the possibility of greater greenwashing of socially and environmentally destructive forms of production, and more deeply entrenches the unjust dynamics which have led to the current crises.
A Small Farm Future: Could it happen in Wales?
We have here the ambitious groundwork, global in scale, for exactly the case for a small farm future that Smaje set out to write.
Lessons from Evangeline’s garden
We must learn from our elders, so we can enjoy abundant gardens, nutritious food and a closeness to Nature for many generations to come.
A Small Farm Future: Review
It likely improves the odds if we discuss and prepare for a small farm future; and reading this book can help. I envision study groups passing around a copy and then discussing it.
Both hands now – an introduction to ‘A Small Farm Future’
Well … don’t get me wrong … honestly, I’m with the left, and I’m with the agrarian renegades. But on just a few significant points I’m also with the mainstream economists and the sceptics of cornucopia.
