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“Despite 300 years of industrialisation 156 of 196 modern states are agrarian; that is, their economies remain land based. Their assets cover two thirds of the world’s land area and cater to 87% of its population. Directly dependent rural dwellers number three billion or 42% of the world’s population. Most (at least two billion and …

Greek agriculture has proved surprisingly resilient, but tax increases now threaten the very survival of farmers.

Photo credit: Simon du Vinage. Article cross-posted from YES! Magazine. Just six companies control 63 percent of the commercial seed market. But seed libraries offer us an opportunity to reclaim the seed commons and create our own community food systems.

Better late than ever, but the atmospherics of this video are an interesting reflection on peer production cultures amongst farmers. Watch the video here:

Areas that experience high temperatures and continual droughts make farming difficult, especially those that lack humidity.  Roots Up has designed an innovative greenhouse that will irrigate crops with dew that it collects.  This will make farming possible in the driest parts of the world.  Roots Up is a non-profit organization that is based out of...Read More

South Korea may be better known for its high-tech exports, but its small farmers are leading the way when it comes to food sovereignty and community agriculture.

We first learned about the innovative, multistakeholder Fifth Season Cooperative in Wisconson's 7 Rivers region from the community wealth builders at Gundersen Lutheran Health Systems , whom we interviewed for one of the case studies in our report Hospitals Building Healthier Communities: Embracing the Anchor Mission . The more we learned, the more excited we became...

Excerpted from PodNet: “PODpioneers is a global community of environmentally conscious entrepreneurs looking to bring fresh, affordable, organic food to backyards and local communities throughout the world. We build the lifePOD for the home and school, and the agriPOD systems that help create and restore healthy communities. Anyone can become a PODpioneer. If you’re looking …

French Parliament has voted in favor of a law that could revolutionize their food system.

Can food be used as a way to bring strangers together, if only for a meal or two, and create the beginnings of a new type of community?

Can food be used as a way to bring strangers together, if only for a meal or two, and create the beginnings of a new type of community? Penny Travlou, a cultural geographer and ethnographer at the University of Edinburgh, decided to find out. In an interview posted on “Social Innovation Europe,” an EU website, she talks about her experience in co-organizing “pop-up dinners” that bring together immigrants with local Greeks in Athens. The idea is to use meal preparation and eating together as a way to break down cultural barriers and support migrant integration in Greece. 

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and General Mills are among some of the most powerful food and beverage companies in the world.

Sharing and saving seed is a crucial part of traditional farming all over Africa, writes Heidi Chow. Maybe that's why governments, backed by multinational seed companies, are imposing oppressive seed laws that attack the continent's main food producers and open the way to industrial agribusiness. But Ghana's women farmers are having none of it.

Animal agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, and uses a staggering 55 percent of available fresh water supplies in the U.S.

Can egalitarian communes such as Acorn Community enable postcapitalists mode of production in the physical world? 

Kids' play goes horribly wrong, all to make a point about how we treat our food. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypF15z3euwM #NewMacDonald #OnlyOrganic

People say we're "rich in other ways," but that doesn't fix the ugly fact that most farms are unsustainable

Minister says growing food on nature strips is good for environment and gives people a better connection with food.