By Louise Kelleher, ARC2020
It’s a source of satisfaction to Jacqueline that she and her family are very much present in the fields around the village where they live. One reason she wanted to become a farmer was to see animals in the pastures.
By Amandeep Sandhu, YES! magazine
The Indian farmers’ protest is a model for all struggling people worldwide. Their relentless and sustained protest shows that a sure resolve, control of resources, and perseverance is key to winning against neoliberal forces worldwide and ushering in a world where working people are the focus of national economic policies.
By Valérie Geslin, ARC2020
Marion and Benjamin welcome us in the farm yard with a big smile. Their farm, “Le Buis Sonnant” in Brittany, is a place that quietly questions the current state of farming and how it’s changing. Buying land, succession, sharing of responsibilities… discussion around the hot topics is even-handed and open-minded.
By Natalie Peart, YES! magazine
Jason Tartt, a farmer in West Virginia, says the Mountain State is fertile territory for honey production and maple and fruit orchards in the flood plains. Tartt, who is Black, sees his role as both developing economic opportunity through farming and supporting other Black farmers in West Virginia.
By Staff, IATP, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Agroecological approaches are anchored in human rights, rooted in culturally and ecologically diverse knowledge systems, and have the potential to build the community resilience necessary to deal with both the forces of climate change and corporate control.
By Ronja Dietschmann, ARC2020
Together, as activists, farmers, foodies, beekeepers and more, we sent a clear message to European leaders: Sustainable food and farming is possible, many farmers are already living the change and we as civil society know the recipe to change food and farming.
By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth
I believe we need to resurrect the Hand and the Heart in our world views, and knock the Head off the pedestal.
By Alicia Miller, Sustainable Food Trust
Try and choose a bird that has lived the best possible life for the budget you have available, and indulge in your Christmas dinner without the nasty after-taste of animal suffering on your conscience.
By Vicki Hird, ARC2020
Farmers in England and Wales want to move away from centralised supply chains where they say they have little influence over prices, not enough connection to consumers, and are not rewarded for delivering positive climate and nature outcomes.
By Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future
I believe the key aspect of commoning as doing good things together in the fact that both take their place within a larger collective politics of creating resilient and renewable local societies where people are autonomous and self-possessed actors within larger cooperative networks.
By Chris Maughan, Agroecology Now!
As COP26 draws to a close, this blog offers some reflections on the fraught relationship between the mainstream process and the social movements, and what this means for the fight for a just and agroecological transition.
By Ben Raskin, Chelsea Green Publishing
Growing mushrooms on woodchip can be done under trees in the field or garden, or you can put the chip into containers and grow either inside or outdoors. Scale of production, available facilities, and time at one’s disposal are things that might affect your choice of system.