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Global warming drains the water of life
Global warming drains the water of life Melting snowpack in Turkey’s Lesser Caucasus mountains. Image: Dario Martin-Benito New research warns that rising temperatures are reducing the mountain snow on which billions of people in lowland areas depend for their water supply. LONDON, 13 November, 2015 – Up to two billion people who depend on winter snow to deliver their […]
Will Indonesian Fires Spark Reform of Rogue Forest Sector?
Will Indonesian Fires Spark Reform of Rogue Forest Sector? Massive fires in Indonesia caused by the burning of forests and peatlands for agriculture have shrouded large areas of Southeast Asia in smoke this fall. But analysts say international anger over the fires could finally lead to a reduction in Indonesia’s runaway deforestation. The fires that blazed […]
Trade deals boosting climate change: the food factor
Trade deals boosting climate change: the food factor The climate talks in Paris in December this year are viewed as a last chance for the world’s governments to commit to binding targets that might halt our march towards catastrophe. But in the countdown to Paris, many of these same governments have signed or are pushing […]
Honeybees Face Global Threat: If They Die, So Do We
Honeybees Face Global Threat: If They Die, So Do We “There is one masterpiece, the hexagonal cell, that touches perfection. No living creature, not even man, has achieved, in the center of his sphere, what the bee has achieved in her own: and were some one from another world to descend and ask of the […]
The persistence of the peasantry: further notes on the inverse productivity relationship
The persistence of the peasantry: further notes on the inverse productivity relationship Look, I’m really, really sorry. I said I wasn’t going to write another blog post about ecomodernism but – no, no, please don’t go! This post strikes to the heart of what Small Farm Future is all about, and raises some interesting agricultural […]
The Problem of Agriculture
The Problem of Agriculture This is an excerpt from the new book Plain Radical: Living, Loving, and Learning to Leave the Planet Gracefully, published by Counterpoint/Soft Skull, which tells the story of Robert Jensen’s intellectual and political collaboration with teacher/activist Jim Koplin. I was born and raised in North Dakota, a rural state with an economy […]
Can a Tableful of Food be Produced Economically in an Urban Environment?
Can a Tableful of Food be Produced Economically in an Urban Environment? The reality has always been that it takes land to grow crops…no matter the type of crop. People need certain nutrients (protein, carbohydrate, roughage, and others) to thrive and all come from crops that are presently grown on arable land. The problem is […]
Growing Soil
Growing Soil Much of what I have learnt about soil comes from doing a two year apprenticeship at Stroud Community Agriculture and the influence of one of the farm team there who recently passed away, Ute. Digging couch out of the field with Ute was an exercise in plant observation, reading the landscape and soil craft; turning […]
Leading Cause of Climate Change is Animal Agriculture, not Fossil Fuels
Leading Cause of Climate Change is Animal Agriculture, not Fossil Fuels There is some kind of “cowspiracy” going on… Animal agriculture is the leading cause of climate change, but no one seems to want to address it. The documentary Cowspiracy, available on Netflix and through the film’s website, etc., does, and is worth a watch, particularly for […]
The Exxons of agriculture
The Exxons of agriculture Credit: Pawel Kuczynski (http://www.pawelkuczynski.com). Read the media release about this report here It goes without saying that oil and coal companies should not have a seat at the policy table for decisions on climate change. Their profits depend on business-as-usual and they’ll do everything in their power to undermine meaningful […]
Tackle Climate Change Now or Risk 720 Million People Sliding Back Into Extreme Poverty Report Warns
Tackle Climate Change Now or Risk 720 Million People Sliding Back Into Extreme Poverty Report Warns An astonishing 720 million people around the world face falling back into extreme poverty unless we tackle climate change immediately, warns a new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). The report was published as world leaders gathered this week at […]
Food Crisis: Problem is the Solution
Food Crisis: Problem is the Solution (Subscribe to World Policy Journal here) From the Fall 2015 Issue “Food Fight“ PARIS—Nestled in a valley in the northern French countryside of Normandy, the Bec Hellouin farm, once the first permaculture farm in France, produces some 800 varieties of fruits and vegetables. In 2004, world travelers and teachers, Perrine and Charles […]
Modelling Tools for Dealing with Environmental Complexity
Modelling Tools for Dealing with Environmental Complexity Photo: Kyle Horner. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (cropped). In many regions of the world, managing water demand without damaging the local ecosystem is a challenge. For instance, in regions suffering from water scarcity, extensive agricultural fields are often established along the coast. Water for irrigation is partly taken from groundwater and partly […]
Extreme Weather and Food Resilience, for Home Growers
Extreme Weather and Food Resilience, for Home Growers A joint task force of experts from the UK and US have recently released recommendations for Extreme Weather and Resilience of the Global Food System. The report uses current climate and weather science coupled with food supply history to make predictions and recommendations to help governments mitigate […]
Food and Agriculture Play Significant Role in City of Los Angeles Sustainability pLAn
Food and Agriculture Play Significant Role in City of Los Angeles Sustainability pLAn Los Angeles, known for its extensive freeway system and broad boulevards, fast food, car culture, lawn-filled suburbs and smog, is getting serious about sustainability—and the effort includes local and sustainable food and agriculture. When Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti took office, he […]
