Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution
First published in 1985 by agronomist Francis Chaboussou, Healthy Crops: A New Agricultural Revolution is republished online in full here for the first time!
Building resilient food and farming systems
What if a revolution in our relation to land unlocked a revolution of the imagination?
In today’s episode we bring together Josina Calliste, a health professional and community organiser who is one of the co-founders of Land in Our Names (LION), a black-led collective addressing land inequalities affecting black people and people of colour’s ability to farm and grow food in Britain, and Chris Smaje, author of the book ‘A Small Farm Future‘ and the brilliant blog of the same name.
Oats or milk is not the question
The choice between milk and plant-based alternatives is less important than how the food system is designed and how they are produced.
Street Goat: A Blueprint for Urban Agroecology
The original Street Goat concept focused on turning disused land into productive space: bringing goats in to clear scrub, improving sustainability whilst providing a workable model for non-intensive urban dairy production.
A Review of Chris Smaje’s A Small Farm Future
So, what kind of a future does this book envision, and how does it differ from the past and the present?
The Intersection of Gender Equality and Agroecology
The weekly #HUNGERFORJUSTICE Broadcast Series lays the building blocks for a post-COVID food system. Watch the recording of our first episode: The Intersection of Gender Equality and Agroecology with Seno Tsuhah and Wekoweu Akole Tsuhah, moderated by Jen Scott.
A Farmer and His Extra Row
Plenty of farmers might like to plant an extra row for their community, but may need a helping hand to pull it off.
Food, Land, Agriculture: A movement for equality
FLAME is made up of young people who believe that the way we produce food and eat it can be a solution to creating a better world.
UK | Sustainable Wine’s Reign of Terroir
Undaunted by the challenge of growing grapes in rainy England, the family-run Aldwick Estate turned to wine production as a way to improve soil health.
Why the Climate Change Committee have got it wrong on land, food and farming
I gained the impression, perhaps unfairly, that none of the so-called experts who were presenting had any practical knowledge of, or insights into, regenerative farming.
Open Source Seeds and Commoning Mushrooms: The Iriaiken Philosophy
The appropriation of seeds raises a profound challenge to farmers and, really, everyone, because we all have to eat.
Hot off the press: New Open Access Book on Transformations Towards More Just and Sustainable Food Systems
This new open access book develops a framework for advancing agroecology in transformations towards more just and sustainable food systems focusing on power, politics and governance.
