Monbiotic Man
By Simon Fairlie, The Land Magazine
The imperative is not to stop farming, but to phase out fossil fuels very quickly. Cavalier polemics that cast primary responsibility for our predicament elsewhere are a dangerous diversion.
Tag: Building resilient food and farming systems
Rural Europe Takes Action | CSA and the Building of a Food Commons
By Brindusa Birhala, ARC2020
Community Supported Agriculure (CSA) can transform the way producers and consumers relate to food as a local commons.
Urban Farms, Community Gardens and Local Produce at Your Doorstep
By Michelle Gamage, The Tyee
So I’m setting off on a quest to find fresh and affordable food here in Vancouver and documenting my findings in a four-part series.
Rural Europe Takes Action | Creating Alternatives, Creating Community
By ARC2020 Staff, ARC2020
Cargonomia officially was launched in 2015. It came out of the idea: how can we connect the farm, bike messengers and a bike workshop?
Beyond rescue ecomodernism: the case for agrarian localism restated
By Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future
Anyway, that’s the ground where I stand: convinced of the need for ruralization and an orderly turn to agrarian localism so that it doesn’t happen by default in a disorderly way...
Rural Europe Takes Action | Seeds of Collaboration
By Anastasia Vasileadou, Balkan Seeds Network, ARC2020
By empowering communities to build sustainable local food systems – including new models based on cooperation for the common good – policymakers will be helping to build local economic resilience and taking action to combat climate change and biodiversity loss.
The Home-Scale Forest Garden: Excerpt
By Dani Baker, Resilience.org
What is a forest garden, and why would you consider developing one instead of planting a traditional vegetable garden, a row of berry bushes, or an orchard?
Farm Stops: A New Way to Enhance Local and Regional Food Systems
By Katie Barr, Resilience.org
A Farm Stop is a mission-driven entity that supports small-scale farmers by sourcing agricultural products from nearby producers, and by operating on consignment.
Summer Reading 2022: Book Reviews
By Sustainable Food Trust Staff, Sustainable Food Trust
Are you looking for a summer read? We share some of our favourite recent food and farming books.
The Grassroots Groups Shifting Ground on Land Justice
By Ursula Billington, ARC2020
No food justice or environmental justice without social justice means nature, land and sustainable, healthy food systems must be accessible to all, regardless of heritage, background or neighbourhood.
Considering Regenesis: A Perspective from the Sustainable Food Trust
By Sustainable Food Trust Staff, Sustainable Food Trust
Despite these criticisms, Regenesis is a valuable book. It challenges us to think outside the box, presents at least some of the dilemmas with which it wrestles in an even-handed way and introduces us to a technology we may hear more about in future, whether we like it or not.
Letter From The Farm | Learning from a Campesino Family in Cuba
By Matteo Matta, ARC2020
Welcome to La Finca del Medio, a 13.42-hectare family farm located in central Cuba, which is championing food sovereignty in the agroecological way.