By Sjoerd Wartena, ARC2020
In these 500 hectares of mainly wild nature, I now constantly look for signs of the ancestors of the indigenous population. I have always been fascinated by the life of the previous generation that was born and bred here, who shaped our way of practicing agriculture and animal husbandry.
By Chris Smaje, A Small Farm Future
With a no deal Brexit looming and the Government’s farm subsidy regimen shifting towards payments only for delivering ‘public goods’, it looks like hard times may lie ahead for many commercial farmers in the UK, none more so than for upland livestock farmers.
By Wes Jackson, Aubrey Streit Krug, Bill Vitek, Robert Jensen, Resilience.org
With nearly eight billion people on the planet, we aren’t going back to hunting and gathering. But around the world, often under the banner of agroecology, people are using modern science and traditional knowledge to develop ways of farming that are less ecologically and socially destructive.
By Grace Gershuney, System Change not Climate Change
System Change Not Climate Change talks with Vermont-based author, educator, and grassroots activist Grace Gershuny about her vision for transforming the U.S. food system into one that is regenerative, just, and accessible to all.
By Heritage Grain Trust Staff, Sustainable Food Trust
In recent years on farms around the country, there has been a steady increase in the growing of ‘heritage’ grains – varieties of wheat, barley and rye which existed before hybrids were first created in the early 20th century.
By Teodor Shanin, Degrowth.de
The global crisis gives a chance for a new model of living to emerge – an economy of degrowth. In an interview with the LavkaGazeta, Teodor Shanin is reflecting on the role that farming can play in the new model of development.
By Dennis Tabaro, The Ecologist
We must learn from our elders, so we can enjoy abundant gardens, nutritious food and a closeness to Nature for many generations to come.
By Paulo Petersen, Denis Monteiro, Agroecology Now!
To break the bonds of dependence on capital is the objective of agriculture organized according to an explicitly oriented approach to remunerating labor and ensuring the ecological reproduction of the means of production. Agroecology is this approach.
By Koa Kalish, Fibershed
Closely weaving together habitation, community, and society, Arnie pays attention to how culture was and is created.
By Max Paschall, Shelterwood Forest Farm blog
As we search for ways to remake the way we garden, farm, and live in a time of climate change, extreme inequality, and political disarray, looking back at the innovations of Europe’s hidden agroecological past can provide invaluable lessons on how we might collectively move forward.
By Rachel Quednau, Strong Towns blog
A half hour from El Paso, TX, lies a small, young town that is piloting a creative local food program to help keep residents fed and encourage entrepreneurship—all while focusing on native plants that grow quickly and cheaply.
By Naomi Bosch, Plentiful Lands
The fertility of the soil is one of the most vital, if not the most important factor in farming. The soil is the very basis of agriculture!