Input-intensive crop monocultures and industrial-scale feedlots must be consigned to the past in order to put global food systems onto sustainable footing, according to the world’s foremost experts on food security, agro-ecosystems and nutrition.
A boycott of Driscoll’s Berries, the world’s largest berry company, has been organized. They need to take responsibility for the conditions and violations of labor rights by the growers whose berries they sell.
Meat isn’t evil, it’s how we raise it, how it’s prepared, and what it’s eaten with.
What if farms and food production were integrated into every aspect of urban living—from special assessments to create new farms and food businesses to teaching people how to grow fruits and vegetables so farmers can focus on staple crops.
Not long ago, it was bison that dominated North America, reaching into the tens of millions, whereas beef cattle were relative newcomers, introduced by European settlers and miniscule in number.
Agroecology is a promising alternative to industrial agriculture, with the potential to avoid the negative social and ecological consequences of input-intensive production. Permaculture is one such agroecological movement, with a broad international distribution and a unique approach to system design.
One of the most perplexing questions in sustainability science is, “What should we eat?” Within the food and agriculture literature, a strong case has been presented that dietary change is essential for meeting future human food needs.
Last week, smallholders took direct action over supermarkets’ failure to pay them a fair price. Here, a dairy farmer warns that their demise will deprive the country of skills that we can ill afford to lose.
The Need to GROW is a new documentary about an age-old matter—soil. And although soil science is relatively young and unbelievably complex, it’s been a life source for millions of years.
California is seeing a 20 percent uptick in fires compared to 2015. “Climate change isn’t merely a looming specter that’s tied up in physics and the fiat of large corporate and governmental entities,” writes Schwartz. “It’s also about what we do with land.”