Some thoughts on Chris Smaje’s Small Farm Future

By Ted Trainer, Resilience.org

Chris Smaje’s book, "A Small Farm Future," is a valuable contribution to envisioning the path to a sustainable future.

Stream Farm – A New Model for New Entrants

By Steph Wetherell, Sustainable Food Trust

With the average age of a UK farmer at 59, we have never been more in need of a new generation of farmers. How can we help support more new entrants? I met with James Odgers to find out about the exciting concept that Stream Farm is developing through their innovative ‘share farming’ model.

We Need Young Farmers, and Colleges Can Help

By Chelsey Simpson, YES! magazine

On Earth Day 2012, a group of University of California, Berkeley, students, former students, and other community members marched to the padlocked gates of UC Berkeley’s Gill Tract carrying shovels, protest signs, seedlings, and hay bales.

Growing the Growers: Communication and Wellbeing on Farms

By Morwenna Lewis, Sustainable Food Trust

The practical and economic challenges faced by those involved in farming are enormous. But just as important are the psychological and emotional ones, especially when working collaboratively within a group.