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Smallholder farmers dramatically improve crop yields without expensive seeds and fertilizers
By Hellin Brink with photo by Elske Fliert
Photo description: A SRI farmer in the village of Dong Tru in Vietnam after the village was hit by a typhoon, holding up one SRI plant (left) and one conventionally grown plant (right) in front of the fields on which they were grown. Where the SRI field is significantly larger and still standing, the conventionally produced field is destroyed.
Explore Piedmont, Italy's Food and Farming Culture
Food First and our Food Sovereignty Tours program are delighted to invite you to a special evening of vicarious travel to the foot of the mountains in the Turin (Torino), Italy region.
Poverty
Click on the title Poverty above the video to see the entire frame of this four minute short by Food First's executive director, Eric Holt-Giménez.
On the Road in Euskal Herria—the Basque Country
By Eric Holt-Giménez
The farmers of EHNE have us speaking throughout Euskal Herria. So far we have participated in their annual meeting, given presentations in four agricultural schools, a town hall meeting and a group of environmental organizations, held an open question and answer session with young, beginning farmers in EHNE, and given press conferences and book presentations in Bilbao, San Sebastian and Pamplona. The schedule is grueling, but the conversations are stimulating and the food is fantastic. Paul Nicholson and Paxti Gaztelumendi of EHNE accompany me in the presentations.
Launch of Via Campesina TV
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