Food: Trading away our future? – Part I

By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth Blog

We may not always think about it, but the origin of trade is found in ecology and not in economy.

Pandemonium and City Food Security

By Wayne Roberts, Resilience.org

I supervised a university-level food studies class last week that, partly by design and partly by sheer accident, gave me some new insights into the challenges of city-oriented food security policy.

Of Pigs, Peasants, and Pastoralists

By Chris Smaje, Small Farm Future

I think what this analysis shows is that, unlike extensive pastoralism, intensive, ‘organic’/ agroecological, local ‘peasant’ farming is feasible for national self-provisioning.

City Region Food Systems – Part II – Who Will Farm?

By Michael W. Hamm, Food Climate Research Network

Put another way, is the U.S. model of food sourcing scalable to an urbanized world of 9 billion?

Food Security: The Urban Food Hubs Solution

By Sabine O'Hara, Solutions Journal

Food security demands a diversified food system that includes urban communities as locations for food production, food preparation, food distribution, and waste reduction/reuse.

What is Food Security?

By Staff, Food Security News, Over Grow the System

Food Security means that all people at all times have physical & economic access to adequate amounts of nutritious, safe, and culturally appropriate foods, which are produced in an environmentally sustainable and socially just manner, and that people are able to make informed decisions about their food choices.

Street food: A tale of three cities

By Rachel Dring, Sustainable Food Trust

Food security in cities is more a matter of access to food than the availability of food.

Recommended Reading for the UN International Year of Soils 2015

By Carol Smith, OurWorld

If you never thought 'dirt' could be interesting or ultra important, UNU's Robert Blasiak recommends a fascinating book demonstrating how soil management has impacted the rise and fall of civilizations.

Food security

By Dave Pollard, How to save the world

I was recently invited to an Open Space event hosted by the Bowen (Island) Agricultural Alliance (BAA!) and facilitated by my friend Chris Corrigan. It was a small group — about two dozen — but most of the people there were farmers. With my Transition-based knowledge of permaculture and food security, it was a humbling and eye-opening experience.

Food & agriculture – Jan 23

By Resilience.org Staff, Resilience.org

• From farm to table • Namu Gagi: San Francisco's Natural Farm Restaurant • UK faces food security catastrophe as honeybee numbers fall, scientists warn • Five ways SRI practices and ideas can help "feed the world"

The International Year of Quinoa

By Dan Armstrong, Mud City Press

A central premise of the Southern Willamette Valley Bean and Grain Project is the exploration of bean, grain, and edible seed varieties that can be added to those that are already grown in the Willamette Valley. The goal is to increase the diversity of staple crops as a way to add resilience to the regional food system. The edible seed of Chenopodium quinoa is a close fit.

What You Need To Know Before This Week’s House Vote On Food Stamps

By Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress

Here’s what you need to know about how this week’s action in the House will affect hunger and poverty in America.