- Land degradation is impacting farmlands worldwide, affecting almost 40% of the world’s population. Reversing that process and restoring these croplands and pastures to full productivity is a huge challenge facing...
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Once the degraded land has made the first timid steps toward recuperation, it is planted with agave, one of the few plants that will flourish in such barren soil — and the plant will begin to replenish its fertility. Image courtesy of Alejandro Vasconcelos.
August 11, 2021
Fertilizers and pesticide production and use make up 40% of the on-farm energy use
June 7, 2021
"It is clear that if we want a more sustainable model, the world food system has to be completely turned around. We need to move towards agro-ecological production methods that use hardly any external inputs and put an...
July 8, 2021
As you read this, there are about 150 goats grazing their way through the grass and woodland areas surrounding Fitch Mountain, a local open...
Gleaners at Salvation Farms in Morristown, Vermont.Photo from Salvation Farms
June 29, 2021
A Vermont nonprofit is connecting independent farms with buyers and distributors, reducing food surplus and working to eliminate food insecurity.
Each year, farmers like Joe Tisbert of Valley Dream Farm in...
July 3, 2021
[Translation] We cannot live without eating. Food and everything that surrounds it is at the basis of everyone's life. That is why controlling this market is a fundamental objective of transnational corporations. Today,...
June 10, 2021
Millions went hungry when the pandemic hit, but at the Black-owned cooperative Brooklyn Packers, workers rose to the challenge by packing thousands of meals a week. In a sector known for exploitative pay and poor working...
May 22, 2021
[Translation] Surely most of us may be wondering what digital agriculture is all about. Perhaps we think of tractors with GPS or the robotization of some tasks in the field. The use of drones in the field, whether for...
April 29, 2021
UNITED NATIONS - As the United Nations prepares for its solutions-based Global Food Systems Summit in September, officials say resolving issues around water scarcity, pollution and wastage is crucial transforming food...
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