A Review of Chris Smaje’s A Small Farm Future

By Derrick Gentry, The Owl Light News

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

By Jen Scott, A Growing Culture

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.

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A Farmer and His Extra Row

By Laura Markowitz, Transition US

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

By Landworkers' Alliance Staff, Landworkers Alliance

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

By Ursula Billington, ARC2020

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

By Patrick Holden, Sustainable Food Trust

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

By David Bollier, Free, Fair, and Alive

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

By Colin Anderson, Agroecology Now!

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.

Saving Farmland, Supporting Young Farmers

By David Bollier, David Bollier blog

It’s a bit odd that land reform is barely mentioned in most progressive agendas. Maybe that's because it is seen as challenging the presumed virtues of private property and capitalist markets.

Perilous Bounty: Review

By Mary Wildfire, Resilience.org

Tom Philpott has a book out that examines the impending crises in US agriculture caused by short-sightedness, a relentless profit motive, and the power of corporations over US farm policy.

Bill Vitek: In Pursuit of Better Agriculture (and a Better Society)

By Bill Vitek, MerionWest

About 40 years ago, Wes Jackson at the Land Institute in Salina, Kansas asked this radical question: Why can’t we have perennial grains? Since grains make up about 65% of worldwide calories, why not develop perennial versions?

Have yourself a merry little agrarian populist Christmas

By Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future

This is the field of agrarian populism, where both the greatest challenges and the greatest opportunities lie in the fact that so few of ‘the people’ in so many countries today are agrarians.