Connect to the Land and to Each Other
Includes The HOMEGROWN Bookshelf, which Farm Aid is partnering with venerated publisher Mother Earth News. The series will pair a practical and informative article on MotherEarthNews.com with an ongoing discussion on HOMEGROWN.org.
Small farmers needed to reverse climate change
Basque farmer, former Food First board member, and Via Campesina leader talks about the role of small diversified farmers in stabilizing climate.
Protect our seed diversity
Protecting Peasants’ Seeds and Implementing Peasant Agriculture as an Answer to the Food, Biodiversity and Climate Crises
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Press Release – La Via Campesina
Eco-Farming Can Double Food Production in 10 Years, says new UN report
GENEVA, 8 March 2011 – Small-scale farmers can double food production within 10 years in critical regions by using ecological methods, a new UN report* shows. Based on an extensive review of the recent scientific literature, the study calls for a fundamental shift towards agroecology as a way to boost food production and improve the situation of the poorest.
Spin farming on urban plots
Great lists of places to buy seeds, fertilizers and other supplies to start your home garden or rented plot for added income.
An organic capital in the middle of a subsidized corn field? Yup. Welcome to Woodbury, Iowa
By Cait Van Damm
A radical policy to support local, organic agriculture in rural Iowa arose out of hard times. "Without modification of federal farm policy, the picture of rural America will be bleaker and beyond repair in the very near future," said Robert Marqusee, Director of Rural Economic Development in Woodbury County.
PBS interview with Maria Rodale of the Rodale Institute
In her interview Rodale Chairman and CEO Maria Rodale, granddaughter of J I, gives her frank, research-based opinion about the far-reaching effects of chemicals and pesticides so prevalent in our lives today. Generations ago chemicals and pesticides were unheard of but as science progressed so did the notion of “better living through chemicals”.
Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Topics include growing new farmers, urban agriculture, and the benefits of food security and farming networks.
This is a forum for sharing applied research.
The companion website, http://www.agdevonline.com/
provides breaking news.
