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Last Days for BC’s Apple Industry?
Last Days for BC’s Apple Industry? COVID-19 and bad weather have hammered Okanagan orchardists. But low prices are the biggest threat to their survival. First of two. Not only does Sukhdeep Brar have to spend more time and effort to pick the apples on his farm this year, thanks to COVID-19 and bad weather, he […]
We still need alternatives to supermarkets – perhaps now more than ever
We still need alternatives to supermarkets – perhaps now more than ever If you were a child in the ‘50s and ‘60s, you will remember that food shopping meant traipsing round several specialist shops whilst your mother chatted to the knowledgeable shop staff about what was available that week. But even by then, this way […]
The Shame of Global Hunger
The Shame of Global Hunger We live in a world of plenty, resource rich, financially wealthy, but despite this abundance an estimated 700 million people go hungry every day. Millions more are food insecure, meaning they may have food today, but have no idea if they will have any tomorrow or next week. Additional millions […]
Saving Farmland, Supporting Young Farmers
Saving Farmland, Supporting Young Farmers It’s a bit odd that land reform is barely mentioned in most progressive agendas. Maybe that’s because it is seen as challenging the presumed virtues of private property and capitalist markets. Yet secure access and tenure to land is essential for achieving so many progressive goals, from building new sorts […]
Zero Input Agriculture
Zero Input Agriculture On Tuesday afternoon, 24th November, Evita and I ventured to meet Shane at his 40 acres near Pomona. I first heard Shane on an Abundant Edge podcast in July 2020. It was his first podcast and it was incredible to hear him talk about growing food without using inputs such as irrigation, fertiliser, and imported […]
Extreme flooding from slow hurricanes a danger to farms
Extreme flooding from slow hurricanes a danger to farms Preface. Yet another danger from climate change for agriculture will be slow hurricanes and cyclones dumping a foot or more of rain over a few days such as the recent hurricanes Harvey (2017), Florence (2018), and Dorian (2019). Journal reference: Zhang G, et al. 2020. Tropical cyclone […]
Bill Vitek: In Pursuit of Better Agriculture (and a Better Society)
Bill Vitek: In Pursuit of Better Agriculture (and a Better Society) “The way we farm and the way we think are connected—that’s our premise.” On December 16th, Olivia Malloy was joined by Bill Vitek for a conversation about his work with perennial agriculture. Among his many other roles, Mr. Vitek, a philosopher, educator, and scholar, […]
Running Out Of Soybeans?
Running Out Of Soybeans? Why food shortages may define the future Several factors are conspiring to weaken the reliability of our food production systems, warns Christian Westbrook, publisher of the website IceAgeFarmer.com We’re seeing a shortening of the growing season for important crops due to weather trends and changes in the solar cycle. Our food production […]
Why the Climate Change Committee have got it wrong on land, food and farming
Why the Climate Change Committee have got it wrong on land, food and farming Last week I spent what I must admit to have been two rather depressing sessions participating in a zoom conference convened by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) in order to share their vision and strategy for reaching net zero emissions by 2050, with a particular […]
INFO SHEET: Start a community garden Plan of Management template
INFO SHEET: Start a community garden Plan of Management template COMMUNITY GARDEN AUSTRALIA has been working with local government and new community garden groups to formulate community garden management plans. What follows is a set of common topics that community gardeners have found useful in devising a management plan. This is followed by link to examples […]
‘Food for Thought’: Reflections on an organic life
‘Food for Thought’: Reflections on an organic life Phil Haughton is old friend of mine, best known as the founder of three Bristol food shops flying under the banner of The Better Food Company. I wanted to say a few words about his book, Food for Thought, which ‘celebrat[es] the joy of eating well and living better’. I […]
Meatpacking Plants Idled, Workers Sent Home As Pandemic Rages In North America
Meatpacking Plants Idled, Workers Sent Home As Pandemic Rages In North America In the last five days, the US reported over one million new COVID-19 cases with total virus-related deaths swelling over 311k. The resurgence of coronavirus cases is now affecting meatpacking plants. According to Bloomberg, Cargill Inc. was forced to idle one of its plants […]
Rekindling Family Farming at Owl Oak Acres
Rekindling Family Farming at Owl Oak Acres Just before the sun sets, Evelyn (Evie) offers up the evening feed to all the animals on her family’s small ranch, Owl Oak Acres, in Red Bluff, California. She goes around from pen to pen, patiently throwing dinner over the fences to the eighteen ewes, the thirteen lambs, the […]
Agroecology or Collapse Part III – Reclaiming the ‘archaic’, ‘anarchic’, and ‘utopian’ as the language of food system transformation
Food distribution in Rio de Janeiro during the pandemic. Source: AS-PTA. Agroecology or Collapse Part III – Reclaiming the ‘archaic’, ‘anarchic’, and ‘utopian’ as the language of food system transformation Agroecology is a struggle to overcome industrial agriculture and is simultaneously a practice, a science, and a movement. Detractors often criticize Agroecology saying it is archaic, […]
