Transformation of our food systems: the making of a paradigm shift Key messages Authored by Marcia Ishii-Eiteman,Lim Li Ching and Ivette Perfecto and approved by the IAASTD+10 Advisory Group. Eleven years ago, the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and […]
The purpose of this feature is to provide an overview using a non linear frame of reference to connect major centers of belief about political sovereignty, modern day petrochemical based agriculture, ‘nutrient collapse’, CO2 rise, and […]
Mr. Savory we know historically that the deterioration of food production systems in past civilizations and their inability to cognize encroaching complexity of population growth and governance in a holistic context leads to unbroken chain […]
What is the philosophy behind holistic management? Holistic Management is a way of managing complexity. In the 1950s I became concerned as I observed massive environmental destruction in Africa that threatened wildlife and ultimately humans. […]
Our environment sustains all life. Both human and wildlife. When habitat degrades, the lives of all that depend on it also deteriorate: poor land = poor people and social breakdown.By Sarah Savory, Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe […]
The handbook is published by the Nyéléni Europe and Central Asia platform for Food Sovereignty to help nourish the food sovereignty movement with ideas that support local struggles for land. It also tries to connect […]
Many of the world’s food producers are struggling to get their products to market during the pandemic. Photo: ADB By Akmal Siddiq Hunger and malnutrition were an increasing problem worldwide before the pandemic. Restrictions imposed […]
The Green Amendment: Securing Our Right to a Healthy Environment Maya K. van Rossum, the Delaware River Keeper and author of the book: The Green Amendment, securing our rights to a healthy environment talks with Rob about […]
COVID-19 Farm Bailout Funds Should Help Farmworkers, Not Big Farmers Congress should direct the Department of Agriculture to use COVID-19 relief funds to ensure that farmworkers – not big farmers – have protections, free testing […]
As the Savory Institute has reminded us, “This viral pandemic was not some random occurrence in a properly-functioning system. It is the by-product of a long-broken system, the reductionist management of natural resources, the destruction […]
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