European Referendum: Issues for Agriculture
Agriculture has been one of the key issues in the build up to the European referendum.
building resilient food systems
But We Only Have Local Wine!
Italians can decouple food policy and food law because they have a rich culture.
From Empty Lots to Thriving Plots: Urban Farming Expert Explains What Works
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Food: Trading Away our Future – Part III
Because of productivity gains in developed countries, agriculture prices dropped by some 60% in the period 1960-2000. As the productivity of the poorest farmers remained much the same, it is obvious that they have lost out. Their value of production, regardless if they eat it themselves or sell it, has gone down considerably, making them poorer both in relative and absolute terms.
Pathways of Transition to Agroecological Food Systems
A new report by leading sustainability experts has reaffirmed the case for a paradigm shift from industrial agriculture to diversified agroecological systems – fundamental to which is a call for redistributing power back into the hands of those who feed the world.
A Realistic Look at the Local Food Movement
Incorporating a higher percentage of locally-produced food from small-scale farms into our lives is important in the way that shopping at local businesses is important: because it keeps money in the community and it diversifies our economy.
Food as a City Lens and Lever
Why is it that so few people – and especially so few people in government – see food and cities as a match made in heaven?
Sierra Cascade: Farming Blueberries and the Wild
For most of the year, Sierra Cascade Blueberry Farm seems to run itself naturally amid a diverse ecosystem of native insects, birds, and other wildlife.
The Ground Game: Taking Land Speculation Out of the Local Food Equation
Permanent protection takes land speculation off the table.
Food Sovereignty and Climate Change
Industrial agriculture is grounded in the use of fossil fuel and high energy consumption. Campesino agriculture with an agro-ecological basis is the only force capable of achieving food sovereignty and responding to climate change.
Food: Trading away our future – part II
Trade is not only a response to market demand, it creates demand and therefore recreates the need for it; trade becomes its own justification.
Out to Pasture: A Better Way to Produce Milk
Mat Boley’s dairy farm in Somerset seems to be achieving the impossible.
