Argentine municipalities embrace agroecology

Jorgelina Hiba A network of municipalities in Argentina is reimagining an agricultural production model based on industrial inputs, encouraging a new relationship between farming, food and nature The global climate crisis has made the debate about the ways food is produced and consumed around the world ever more urgent, with agribusiness at its centre. In… Continue reading Argentine municipalities embrace agroecology

Farming for a Small Planet: Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture

Frances Moore Lappé There is ample evidence that an alternative approach—organic agriculture, or more broadly “agroecology”—is actually the only way to ensure that all people have access to sufficient, healthful food.  People yearn for alternatives to industrial agriculture, but they are worried. They see large-scale operations relying on corporate-supplied chemical inputs as the only high-productivity farming model.… Continue reading Farming for a Small Planet: Alternatives to Industrial Agriculture