Can organic farming feed the world? Ed Hamer and Mark Anslow say yes, but we must eat and farm differently
… 10 reasons why organic can feed the world Ed Hamer Mark … | 1st March 2008 News Food And Farming Food Organic Farms Feed 10_organic.jpg Can organic farming feed the …
Can big ever be beautiful where organic foods are concerned? Ed Hamer gets to grips with one of the environmental consumer’s greatest dilemmas
… Corporate organics Ed Hamer | 22nd May 2008 News Organic Food Health Food Green And Blacks … Of Change Stonyfield Heinz Bernard Mathews Organics Organics Agribusiness Fair Trade …
In 1952, Rachel Rowlands’ mother Dinah established the UK’s first organic dairy farm near Aberystwyth with a small herd of Guernsey cows, working ‘in harmony with nature, the elements, the seasons and wildlife’. In 1966, Rachel took over the farm and founded the Rachel’s Organic Dairy brand, which was sold to Horizon, a subsidiary of Dean Foods, in 1999.
… Rachel’s Organics Ed Hamer | 22nd May 2008 Ethical Living Rachel's Organics Organics Agribusiness Factory Farming Food And …
Building a just, sustainable future will require transcending traditional community organising models. Working through existing institutions within the current system is not good enough. The latest from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
Rethinking community organising The Symbiosis Research Collective | 10th July 2018 Activism Alinsky Community Organizing Faith-based saul_alinskyap660220130.jpg Building a just, sustainable future …
The community supports the farmer and the farmer supports the community. Why isn't everyone taking part in the latest agricultural revolution, wonders Ed Hamer
… Agribusiness Factory Farming Food Security Organics Green Living Food And Farming … company, the scheme currently supplies organic soft fruits and vegetables to as many … higher and we just wouldn’t be able to farm organically,’ says Nicky. ‘More than …
What could be more cheerful than this ubiquitous breakfast fruit? But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying into a modern agricultural scandal
… Hamer | 2nd June 2008 News Bananas Fair Trade Organics Slavery Farming Fair Trade Agribusiness Factory Farming Organics Green Living Food And Farming … But if you’re not buying them Fairtrade and organic, argues Ed Hamer, then you’re buying …
Founded in 1991 by Craig Sams and his wife Josephine Fairley, Green & Black’s brand was conceived to represent the ‘green’ concerns of its founders and the ‘black’ of the cocoa bean.
… Green & Black’s Organic Chocolate Ed Hamer | 22nd May 2008 … Ethical Living Green And Blacks Agribusiness Organics Farming Factory Farming Food And …
Loneliness, capitalist urbanisation, and ecological crisis. In this world, politics should be about bringing people together and taking control of the spaces where we live. The latest instalment from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… body, it systematically undermines organic interactions—anything unplanned is … should be dynamic and exciting, a space of organic possibility, becomes a space where all …
The Seeds of Change trademark was created in the 1980s by a small organic seed cooperative from Santa Fe, New Mexico, which set out ‘to help people and future generations improve their lives and enjoy wholesome, natural, chemical-free foods’. Seeds of Change expanded its enterprise in 1996 to include a range of organic soups, cereal bars, pastas and sauces. A year later it was bought by Mars and launched in the UK in 1999.
… May 2008 Ethical Living Mars Seeds Of Change Organics Agribusiness Factory Farming Food And … trademark was created in the 1980s by a small organic seed cooperative from Santa Fe, New … its enterprise in 1996 to include a range of organic soups, cereal bars, pastas and sauces. …
Climate change, global finance, the neoliberal state: today’s crises require action on a big scale. And yet fighting for local democracy is - perhaps counter-intuitively - the best chance we've got. The next part in our series from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
How radical municipalism can go beyond the local The Symbiosis Research Collective | 8th June 2018 Comment Radical Municipalism Local Global Climate Change Municipalism Climate change, global …
Every city has its graveyard of nonprofits, cooperatives, social clubs, and community centers. Without a strategic vision, local projects cannot possibly amount to a systemic alternative to capitalism. The latest contribution from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
How to build a new world in the shell of the old The Symbiosis Research Collective | 23rd April 2018 Comment Gramsci Arendt Hegemony Power Cooperatives Bookchin Hannah Arendt Every city has its …
Does the fight for social justice include animal liberation? Municipalist organizing can build a transformative future for all creatures.
Animal liberation from below: toward a radical interspecies municipalism The Symbiosis Research Collective | 6th August 2018 Comment Animal Rights Radical Municipalism Climate Change …
As the toll of climate change rises, as the summers become hotter, we have the opportunity to link struggles for cooler cities with other progressive demands. From the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
Cool people’s movements The Symbiosis Research Collective | 24th September 2018 Activism Symbiosis Research Collective Air Conditioners Heat Waves Climate Change Social Movements Technology Nuclear …
Ada Colau surprised many when she won the election to become mayor of Barcelona. The housing rights activist was part of a deep social movement aiming for participatory democracy. But this latest article from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE examines how winning the election was just the first step
What's it like for a social movement to take control of a city? The Symbiosis Research Collective Aaron Vansintjan | 11th May 2018 Activism Participatory Democracy Barcelona Ada Colau Ada Colau …
Meat, dairy... in fact, livestock in general has in recent years joined the ranks of the 4x4 and the short-haul flight. But could a change in the way we graze animals not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but even remove them from the atmosphere?
… Lovell calculates that increasing the organic matter content in the top 30cm of the … – meaning that applications of fertiliser (organic or non-organic) can be reduced. Likewise a rotational …
Carbon reduction potential of ecological farming methods is highlighted at Copenhagen, as protests against industrial agriculture gather strength
… techniques could progressively increase soil organic matter by 60 tonnes/hectare over the next 50 years. Soil organic matter has been recognised by, among …
The practical evidence suggests agroforestry in the UK has got something to offer both commercial farmers and smallholders alike. The challenge now, says Ed Hamer, is how to encourage sceptical farmers that planting trees across farmland is a good idea
… in which the cereals are growing. Under an organic rotation we use no inputs at all to … ley phase in the rotation together with organic matter and nutrients provided by the … presence of mycorrhizae which recycle both organic matter and nutrients.' Like Ian …
What is to be done about reactionary localism? How can we keep fascism out of local politics? We need to foreground democracy and interdependence over local autonomy. The latest on our series on radical municipalism from the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
'Dark municipalism' - the dangers of local politics The Symbiosis Research Collective | 26th June 2018 Comment Radical Municipalism Local Global Climate Change Civil Rights New Orleans school …
Our situation may seem hopeless, but we have a rich inheritance of ideas and practices from which we can draw. Monarchies have been overthrown, dictators pulled down. We can take inspiration from past revolutions to build a new framework for the future.
How to navigate the disorientation of a seismic world The Symbiosis Research Collective | 23rd March 2018 Comment Activism Social Movements Municipalism Communalism 3551195631_bc66b90648_b_2.jpg Our …
From plantation to consumer: a tale of chemicals, slavery and CO<sub>2</sub>
The banana brief Ed Hamer | 2nd June 2008 Ethical Living Bananas Supply Chain Farming Agribusiness Factory Farming Globalisation Green Living Food And Farming banana2.jpg From plantation to consumer: …
From theory to practice, how one man in Totnes is helping a community respond to the threat of peak oil – from its own currency to relearning lost arts. Ed Hamer reports
… afternoon in the Field Kitchen of Riverford organic farm, a handful of miles to the west …
The uniting of 800 million rural workers against the loss of their traditional way of life gives lie to globalisation’s claims to beneficence. Resistance is far from futile, says Ed Hamer
Farmers unite! Ed Hamer | 1st April 2009 News Farming Agriculture La Via Campesina Fair Trade Food Trade Globalisation Green Revolution Farming Food Security Fair Trade Globalisation Food And Farming …
All sectors must play their part in a global emissions deal, but could including agriculture in the mix lead to an intensification of farming and money for GM crops?
… fuels in agriculture perhaps, or for adopting organic farming? It seems unlikely. Helena …