>"Blistering heat, stronger storms, droughts, floods and fires are putting food production at risk"

“The global food system is a violent mess. It is rooted in neocolonialism, manufactured scarcity, and mass alienation. The enclosure of farms and subsistence forms of life has destroyed social and collective knowledges of how to produce and _...Read More_

This is about how remarkable new insights into what soil is could transform the way we grow our food. Comments are still _...Read More_

"A run-up in prices and shortage of man-made nutrients are forcing the agriculture industry to adapt, and the impact could be severe."

>"As the country enters its 13th year of persistent drought, Chile is having to implement new water restrictions for the capital city of Santiago, population six million. “A city can’t live without water,” announced Claudio Orrego, the _...Read More_

"Farms are ever more profitable, but employ fewer workers | United States"

Brilliant piece. Diversity is vital - boosting the overall resilience in our foodsystems against new climate and environmental _...Read More_

"Phasing out animal agriculture represents “our best and most immediate chance to reverse the trajectory of climate change,” according to a _...Read More_

Germany will allow farmers to sow crops for feed in previously ecologically protected areas to boost domestic production as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine _...Read More_

>"This spring, focus on reconnecting to foodways as a means to reconnect to your inner self during this season of emergence, _...Read More_

This is an interesting piece but I don't think that historically, gleaning involved "harvesting surplus crops to redistribute to those in need" so much as actually *being done* by people in need, after the good stuff had gone, to have _...Read More_

"We currently use over one-third of the corn we produce for biofuel, and it offsets 6% of gas use. We could get the same benefit by increasing fuel economy of cars from 22 to 24 MPG."

“Industrial agriculture uses 75 percent of farmland and 70 percent of freshwater use, to feed 30 percent of the world’s population (Mooney and Blassey, 2018). This generates more greenhouse gases than any other human activity on the _...Read More_

Public health experts who claim that plant-based alternative proteins are worse for the planet than meat need to look at the evidence.