Everyone in this society is caught up in the battle between two models of agriculture, writes Blain Snipsta - industrial agribusiness for profit, control and domination; and small-scale agroecological farming for good food, health, people and planet.
… Agroecology and the people's struggle for land … the planet and the people, and with agroecology, we prove it. It is the superior … 80 years old. GMOs are only 18 years old. Agroecology is and has been feeding the world …
Governments must shift subsidies and research funding from agro-industrial monoculture to small farmers using 'agroecological' methods, according to the UN's Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. And as Nafeez Ahmed notes, her call coincides with a new agroecology initiative within the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation.
… UN: only small farmers and agroecology can feed the world Nafeez Ahmed | … Food Farming Natural World Un Corporations agroecology-ubc-milpa-cut.jpg Governments must … Ahmed notes, her call coincides with a new agroecology initiative within the UN's Food …
It' a perfect win-win solution for World Food Day, writes Kirtana Chandrasekaran: agroecology that sequesters carbon into soils, making them more fertile, productive and resilient, while also supporting sustainable livelihoods and tackling climate change. But instead governments are desperately trying to attract agribusiness investment that does the precise opposite.
… Agroecology cools the planet - so why are … Food Day, writes Kirtana Chandrasekaran: agroecology that sequesters carbon into soils, … reduce emissions and put an end to hunger. Agroecology - an agenda to focus on ecological …
For the women farmers of Tamil Nadu life has long been a struggle, Sheelu Francis told Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, all the more so following the advent of 'Green Revolution' industrial agriculture. So now women's collectives are organising to restore traditional foods and farming methods, resulting in lower costs, higher yields, improved nutrition, and a rekindling of native Tamil culture.
… Agroecology leading the fight against India's … and a rekindling of native Tamil culture. "Agroecology means that we are free from … of Tamil Nadu in India. The Collective uses agroecology - which they also call 'natural …
GMO enthusiasts insist that organic, agroecological farming could never feed the world, writes Colin Todhunter. But it has been feeding us all for millennia - and it's the only way to continue while enriching the soils and biodiversity on which all farming depends. As Mahatma Gandhi once observed, industrial agriculture is but a nine-day wonder. And its time will soon be up.
… Organic agriculture, agroecology and the parallel reality of the … to promote sustainable systems, not least agroecology, that realise the right to food. … University believes organic approaches like agroecology are not sufficient to feed the …
Among Cuba's greatest achievements is its organic farming sector, writes Miguel Altieri. Developed in the 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union, small agroecological farms now employ 300,000 campesinos and provide an abundance of healthy fruit and vegetables. But now US food and agribusiness corporations are eyeing up a multi-billion dollar business opportunity.
… April 2016 News Food Farming CUMA USA Trade Agroecology havana-market-cut.jpg Among Cuba's … instead. For the past 35 years I have studied agroecology in most countries in Central and South America. Agroecology is an approach to farming that …
Industrial agriculture has become a prime driver of many of the world's most serious problems, writes Henrietta Moore: the loss of wild and farmed biodiversity, huge climate-changing emissions, and the entrapment of small farmers in ever-deepening cycles of poverty. But there is a solution: the widespread adoption of agroecological farming.
… Can agroecology save us from 'scorched-earth' … 2015 News Farming Ecology Food Corporations agroecology-china-cut.jpg Industrial … undernourished . The solution? In a word: agroecology So how do we meet the challenge of …
Cuba is a global exemplar of organic, agroecological farming, taking place on broad swathes of land in and around its cities, write Julia Wright & Emily Morris. These farms cover 14% of the country's agricultural land, employ 350,000 people, and produce half the country's fruit and vegetables. But can they survive exposure to US agribusiness?
… opportunity? But Cuba's urban and peri-urban agroecology model may face a threat from the …
Agroecology is key to retaking control over food, farming and land from the 'monstrous machine' of agribusiness, biotech, big finance and 'free trade', writes Colin Todhunter, as it represents a truly viable alternative to agriculture for corporate profit. But such are the powers ranged against the world's small farmers that it must be supported by a broad-based, global people's movement.
… stranglehold on food and farming - is agroecology enough? Colin Todhunter | 4th … Mexico Trade Health Society chilis-cut.jpg Agroecology is key to retaking control over … its very design, the system is parasitical. Agroecology as a credible force for change …
'Climate Smart Agriculture' advocates were out in force at the just concluded climate talks in Bonn, writes Pavlos Georgiadis. But their finely crafted corporate message presents a real threat to genuine agroecological solutions to the interlinked food, farming and climate crises.
… To keep carbon in the ground, COP21 must back agroecology Pavlos Georgiadis | 24th October … ever increasing risk of global food crisis. Agroecology: a slow revolution that's gaining … sustainable food debate may have heard about agroecology, many of the negotiators here in …
The recently published Global Nutrition Report shows almost all countries face high levels of malnutrition and diet-based ill-health, writes Julia Wright. This reveals deep problems with the dominant industrial model of food production, and the need for new agroecological approaches to feeding the world.
… Only agroecology can tackle the global food and … in Agroecological Futures at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR), …
How we feed ourselves sits at the crux of all human affairs, writes Joanna Wright - the health of our bodies and communities. Far too important to leave to industrial farms and processors, it's something we can all begin to do for ourselves.
… do, begin it." This was Joe's advice to our Agroecology course, after an intensive week of … Sustainable farming is complex, and creative Agroecology refers to an approach to … are tasked with nothing less than shepherding agroecology into cultural relevance and …
The way to a sustainable, people-centred agriculture lies in agroecology - farming based on ecological principles, taking account of the interdependence of all living things.
… The future is agroecology Colin Tudge Graham Harvey | 6th … people-centred agriculture lies in agroecology - farming based on ecological … Real Farming Conference 2014. A key theme is 'agroecology' - farming that takes its lead …
The state of our soils is an enormous threat to future food security - we need to fully embrace organic methods.
… to know which was which. New terms like “agroecology” were emerging from the older … be maintained. So there’s a lot of talk about agroecology and the soil health it produces – … a lot of apparent agreement. Many agree that agroecology is “an ecosystems approach to …
A radical new Seed Law drafted by Venezuelan people, farmers and NGOs was signed into law in the closing days of 2015, write William Camacaro, Frederick B. Mills & Christina M. Schiavoni. Striking back against the corporate takeover of seeds and peddling of GMOs, the Seed Law bans transgenic seeds, protects the country's germplasm, and establishes the legal foundation for a participatory, agroecological food and farming system.
… a victory for the international movements for agroecology and food sovereignty because it … was held at the Latin American Institute of Agroecology Paulo Freire (IALA) in Barinas …
Bananas are at the sharp end of industrial agriculture's chemical war on pests and pathogens, writes Angelina Sanderson Bellamy. But even 60 pesticide sprays a year isn't enough to keep the diseases at bay. It's time to seek new solutions with little or no use of chemicals, working with nature, growing diverse crops on the same land - and breaking the dominance of the banana multinationals.
Disease may wipe out the world's bananas - unless we adopt agroecological solutions Angelina Sanderson Bellamy Cardiff University | 7th February 2016 News Farming Food Corporations Health Toxics …
The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture made its high-profile launch at the New York Climate Summit. But for a huge coalition of civil society organizations, it's a 'greenwash' initiative designed to promote intensive profit-driven industrial agriculture at the expense of small farmers, environment, and the real solutions.
… and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and support to …
Join the growing chorus of individuals and organisations demanding the right to know what's in their food... all GM foods should be labelled, say Just Label It campaigners
… COMMENT UK needs scientific research into agroecology not GM The greatest challenge … criminalising of seed saving and promotes agroecology Green revolution approach of …
The European Parliament today called on the Commission and member states like the UK to stop funding the 'New Alliance' plan to force export-oriented agribusiness onto Africa. Instead they want support for small-scale family farms and agroecology.
… Corporations Aid Food Farming EU Africa GMOs Agroecology fatu-kanu-cut.jpg The European … want support for small-scale family farms and agroecology. The European Parliament today … governments to invest in family farming and agroecology." Not 'aid' but 'a means of …
An elite group of aid donors and agribusiness corporations met in London this week to plan the takeover of Africa's seeds, writes Ian Fitzpatrick, replacing traditional seed breeding and saving by small farmers with a corporate model of privatized, 'improved', patented, genetically uniform and hybrid seeds in a profit-driven market.
… corporate agribusiness - food sovereignty and agroecology In fact, BMGF and USAID's … Declaration of the International Forum for Agroecology , which was backed by Via … also clear about the solution, stating that agroecology , within a food sovereignty …
Bayer's $66 billion takeover of Monsanto represents another big click on the ratchet of corporate power over farming and food, writes Colin Todhunter. With the 'big six' of global agribusiness now set to turn into the 'even bigger three', farmers and consumers are facing more GMOs and pesticides, less choice, and deeper price gouging. Agroecology has never looked more attractive.
… Corporations GMOs Farming Pesticides Food Agroecology fertile-cut.jpg Bayer's $66 … less choice, and deeper price gouging. Agroecology has never looked more attractive. … So what is the solution? We could begin with agroecology ! Colin Todhunter is an …
Sustainable, agriculture must be low-input - and this can only achieved in diverse, tightly integrated agro-ecological systems. The real future of farming lies in complex polycultures ... in short, mixed farming.
… - but totally at odds with the principles of agroecology, common sense, and common justice. …
Many contemporary farmers - despite a hostile economic environment - are finding new ways to make ecological farming viable. Colin Tudge and Graham Harvey have tracked down some inspiring examples ...
… Wheat among the trees But the principles of agroecology apply equally well on the grander … be higher because the inputs are so low. Agroecology is profitable Wakelyns is … but it seems nonetheless to demonstrate that agroecology, particularly as agroforestry, can …
Scotland's decision to maintain its GM-free status is in the best interests of the country, its people and its farmers, 30 scientists write to Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead. It is abundantly justified by the scientific evidence and will support the sustainable, agroecological farming systems of the future.
… should become a leader in the science of agroecology, which has already proved its … Selection to speed traditional breeding, agroecology has promise to replace our present …