Food has never been more affordable for middle class families in rich countries. But it comes at a high cost: the impact of industrial food production on health, environment and society has never been greater as Patrick Holden explained to Emily Lewis-Brown. Now the real cost of food US production will be examined in a ground-breaking conference in San Francisco.
… hedgerow-lined hay fields blooming with wild flowers." Milk cheaper than bottled water … hedgerow-lined hay fields blooming with wild flowers. …
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of a seminal book that has inspired contemporary thought on regenerative economics.
Economics without ethics is wrong Satish Kumar | 27th April 2023 | Comment Small Is The Future Small Is Beautiful EF Schumacher Heterodox Economics Elegant Simplicity Economics Resurgence & Ecologist …
Farming today is well on the way to becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of the agro-chemical-biotech industry, writes Colin Tudge. Defra and the European Commission are all too keen to make it so, reflecting the interests of an agro-oligarchy obsessed with profits and growth at all costs. But there is an alternative. Join the 'real farming' agrarian renaissance ...
Farming for profit? Or for people, nature, health, wellbeing and human survival? Colin Tudge | 19th November 2014 Activism UK Farming Natural World Toxics Economics brussells-sprouts-cut.jpg Farming …
Urban regeneration was born from struggle and propagated by ideas for a radical transformation.
Ecological and economic crises in Bristol Yasmin Dahnoun | 27th February 2023 | Comment Bristol Small Is The Future EF Schumacher Small Is Beautiful Economics Editor’s Picks greta_bristol_1_.jpg …
In his search for alternatives to consumerism and industrialism, Jules Pretty travelled around the world to find surviving nature-based cultures. In this extract from his book 'The Edge of Extinction', he tells of the Tuva people of the Siberian steppe - proud of their traditions and closeness to the land, but very much part of the modern world - strictly on their own terms.
… bubbles over a gravel wash. Carpets of spring flowers are turning pastures yellow and … In summer, the grassland is covered with flowers, and the livestock are fatter too. A …
New critical guide to degrowth argues that we can improve people’s lives simply by sharing what we already have more fairly and investing in public goods.
Coronavirus and degrowth Anitra Nelson Vincent Liegey | 3rd April 2020 Comment Covid-19 Coronavirus Degrowth Economics Activism degrowth-594870_960_720.jpg New critical guide to degrowth argues that …
Breaking free from colonial approaches to ecology is the first step towards creating a regenerative economic system.
Decolonising our ecologies Yasmin Dahnoun | 16th June 2023 | Comment Climate Breakdown Ecologist Writers Fund Decolonisation Economics Small Is Beautiful EF Schumacher Editor’s Picks …
Just as the banks are 'too big to fail', so Britain's struggling dairy farmers are 'too small to save', writes Simon Fairlie. And it's not just the government that's happy to see 16 dairy farms go the wall every week - it's also the National Farmers Union to which most pay their dues. The NFU's paradoxical response to the milk glut is to push for ever higher, more intensive milk production.
Government and NFU betray Britain's dairy farmers Simon Fairlie The Land | 15th August 2015 News Food Farming Politics Economics cows-dorset-cut.jpg Just as the banks are 'too big to fail', so …