On the Iconography of my Scythe
"There is an empiricist argument against the proposition that the peasantry is doomed, namely that after all these years they just won’t go away."
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An Interview with Agroecologist Jairo Restrepo
My mission now is to defend life. This is my purpose, my instinct, but also to protect the conditions that encourage perpetual and healthy life.
Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How.
“Agroecology applies the principles of ecology to the design and management of sustainable food systems.”
Arguments against GMOs
Reductionist science is not the answer to the problems engendered by a finite biosphere with a human population in overshoot.
Solving Soil Loss is Simple, But Requires a Mindset Change
Natural farming, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, agroecology – there are many versions of sustainable agriculture, but the common thread they all tackle is the need to take better care of our soil and the environments in which we grow food.
Why We Need Local Food Systems and How to Get Them
The globalisation of food production has led to an industrial monopoly within the agricultural sector.
Agroecology: An Idea and Practice Coming of Age
In February, at the International Forum for Agroecology in Nyeleni, Mali, a turning point came in the dissemination of ideas and practices of what is called ‘agroecology’.
Food democracy South and North: from Food Sovereignty to Transition Initiatives
People seek to co-design food systems, to participate in shaping them, to recapture them. We were familiar with the slogan of workplace democracy; we must now open up our eyes to food democracy.
Who Controls Our Food?
A new report from Global Justice Now, From The Roots Up, shows that not only can small-scale organically produced food feed the world, but it can do so better than intensive, corporate-controlled agriculture.
Declaration of the International Forum for Agroecology
Agroecology means that we stand together in the circle of life, and this implies that we must also stand together in the circle of struggle against land grabbing and the criminalization of our movements.
Mali: Agroecology Is in our Hands!
“I decided to come here because we are building a necessary movement, that will claim back what was always ours: our peasant knowledge of doing agriculture”, said a woman farmer from Mali, as she was running to attend the women caucus, this afternoon.
Writing Agroecology into Law
In 2014, the French government recruited cross-party support to pass a new law for agriculture, food and forestry driven by a new-found commitment to agroecology.