No easy answers: a response to Alex Heffron and Kai Heron
There are no easy answers to the dilemmas of creating just and renewable post-capitalist societies.
Building resilient food and farming systems
Announcing “Agroecology in Motion: Nourishing Transformation”
From the acceleration of the climate crisis, the dangerous decline of biodiversity and Covid-19 to the sustained and committed work of social movements to raise agroecology’s profile – agroecology is now gaining recognition and momentum as an alternative to a failing food system.
Ten years of Sims Hill!
We’re TEN this year! Hooray. Cause for celebration, we think. And to celebrate safely in the Covidsphere, we thought we’d give a whistle-stop tour of the history of Sims Hill, and talk a little bit about why we feel so passionate about what we do – local food and community engagement.
The Quiet Resilience of Willowbrook Farm
COVID-19 has raised significant questions about meat production, and Lutfi and Ruby Radwan have added their voices to the chorus of environmental campaigners, scientists and animal welfare advocates arguing that the pandemic is a direct result of industrial-scale meat production.
A Gathering Place at Warner Mountain Weavers
Listening to Bonnie share her history, this shift from personal studio to studio and store seemed inevitable. Bonnie is a gentle but persistent catalyst for building fiber communities.
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.
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.
