Attending to the sacred
This is the formidable challenge of our times – to create limits and localism while not creating arbitrary rules of social exclusion.
Food & Water
Not Every Farmer Wants to “Get Big or Get Out”
As land ownership continues to consolidate into fewer and wealthier hands, some small farmers vow to stay in place.
Farm like an ecosystem Part III: Wild farming
Seeing the farm as part of the entire ecosystem, not something separate from it, can ensure that a healthy balanced biodiversity remains.
A nail in the coffin? Not really.
Over the last decade, there has been a heated discussion about the possibility to sequester carbon in agriculture soils. I believe that nobody claims that it is impossible but there is huge disagreement about how much and for how long this can take place.
Native Seed Network Takes Root in the Northeast
The network’s central focus is to build and strengthen connections among a diverse web of social actors, including government agencies, Tribal Nations, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, botanic gardens, farmers, private companies, citizen groups and academic institutions.
Dammed But Not Doomed
As dams come down on the Skutik River, the once-demonized alewife—a fish beloved by the Passamaquoddy—gets a second chance at life.
Farming on Screen
There are many reasons why we might expect that agri-industrial AI will lead to more biodiversity loss, more food insecurity, more socio-economic inequality, more climate vulnerability. To the extent that AI in agriculture bears fruit, many of these fruits are likely to be bitter.
Future-Proof Food Systems in Europe – A Call for Action
The last thing society needs to address systemic failures of the food system is rollback in commitments to socio-ecological transition, or a turn towards politics built on exclusion and oppression, which seems to be what is offered following farmers’ protests.
Our ancestors speak to us through native breeds. We should listen.
The biggest value of the native farm breeds is about relationship between humans, the agroecosystem, the culture and the local natural world that we are part of. They also root us in history; our ancestors speak to us through them. We should listen.
What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure
What ancient farmers can really teach us about adapting to climate change – and how political power influences success or failure.
Q: Can (small-scale) farming feed Britain (or Tokyo, or the world)? A: Yes … (probably)
A small farm future out of practical necessity, then, but also one evincing positive cultural possibilities. But practical necessity is the critical driver.
Despite the precipitation, drought is lurking unless urgent measures are taken
Will we finally pick up a shovel and create conditions on our properties, neighborhoods, towns, and villages so that not a drop of rainwater is lost without use? It is a vibrant and enthusiastic call; we can only seriously consider the question of rainwater retention or recovery.