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Global Food Supply Chains Beginning to Erode, Crisis Looms?
Global Food Supply Chains Beginning to Erode, Crisis Looms? As the coronavirus continues to infect more and more people, food supply chains have started to become more strained in recent days. It was announced yesterday; the world’s biggest pork producer is closing a primary U.S plant indefinitely after a coronavirus outbreak amongst employees. Smithfield Foods […]
In Praise of Short Supply Chains
In Praise of Short Supply Chains As the coronavirus pandemic affects every area of the food supply chain, the ORFC team find out how Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), box schemes and others working with shorter supply chains are responding to the sudden huge demand for their supplies. For many people farming, growing or producing food […]
The Self Sufficiency Surge
The Self Sufficiency Surge Gardening journalist, Kim Stoddart examines the grow your own phenomenon that has emerged as a result of fears around food security since the pandemic lockdown. In the days leading up to the restrictions (and ever since), there has been a sheer frenzy of interest in fruit and vegetable growing as people seek to […]
Farmers’ Markets Are Safe, Support Local Food
Farmers’ Markets Are Safe, Support Local Food That’s the message from the BC government as some vendors also move online. The long-running market is a staple in the Fairfield Gonzales area, and uses space owned by School District 61, the City of Victoria, and the neighbourhood’s community association, giving Goulet three landlords to wrangle. For […]
Planting Seeds in Crisis
Planting Seeds in Crisis Food and seed sovereignty in uncertain times As governments of more and more countries introduce various kinds of lockdowns (1) during the ongoing virus “pandemic” (1), we appear to be experiencing what many would say is an unprecedented global “crisis” (see for example 2). This article will explore the opportunities inherent […]
Building resilience into our food systems
Building resilience into our food systems Over the next few months and years, significant thought will be given to the lessons we need to learn from the coronavirus pandemic, its impact on the global economy, the rapid way in which it spread across the global population and the impact it is having on our daily […]
Fertilizing a Garden Entirely for Free
Fertilizing a Garden Entirely for Free At our house we have a goal to produce 80% of our fruit, veggies, meat and dairy within five years of moving onto our land. We only eat a little meat and dairy, but we eat tons of veggies, so we grow a great big garden. Gardening is full […]
Permaculture as Philosophy
Permaculture as Philosophy It’s almost spring – all right, it’s the middle of winter – and I’m reading about gardening. It’s my yearly ritual to keep hope alive in the dark months. I sort my seeds, draw up garden plans while standing by the snow-covered garden beds, and flip through the glossy garden porn that […]
Applying Food Forest Growing to Farms
Applying Food Forest Growing to Farms Beyond Garden Scale Gardeners know too well the feeling of overwhelm when facing a new landscape. The seemingly infinite possibilities brings up the question, “Where do I start?”. Fortunately, there is a process we can use to answer that, it’s called permaculture design. From Food Forest to Farming Dreams […]
The Staple Food Revolution: Bringing Beans and Grains to Local Markets
The Staple Food Revolution: Bringing Beans and Grains to Local Markets Brandon Jaeger and Michelle Ajamian say they were driven by existential anxiety to open Shagbark Seed & Mill in Athens, Ohio. Their facility produces Ohio-grown, Certified Organic dry beans and freshly milled grains to help create a local staple food market. During the #CropsInColor in Appalachia tour, they share […]
Regenerative Agriculture Is So Good In So Many Ways
Regenerative Agriculture Is So Good In So Many Ways Welcome to Terra Firma by Courtney White. I’ve spent my life prospecting for innovative, practical, and collaborative answers to pressing problems involving land and people, sharing them with others. I’d like to share them with you! Don’t miss the next issue, sign up here:Subscribe I’ve been involved with […]
America loves the idea of family farms. That’s unfortunate. By Sarah Taber
America loves the idea of family farms. That’s unfortunate. By Sarah Taber Preface. As declining fossil fuels force more and more people back into being farmers, eventually 75 to 90% of the population, it would be much better for this to happen with family farms than gigantic mega-farms with workers who are slaves in all […]
Making The Most Of What We Harvest
Making The Most Of What We Harvest Secondary Uses for Common Crops It’s nearing the end of our main growing season here in North Carolina. Halfway through October, our tomato plants are not much longer for the world, perhaps even living on borrowed time now. Summer squashes have given way, and winter squashes are strewn […]
Finding our common ground and common purpose
Finding our common ground and common purpose We are living in extraordinary, stormy times. In the political sphere, a sixteen-year-old girl speaks truth to powerful global leaders in New York; in the UK, the Supreme Court finds our Government has acted unlawfully in the proroguing of Parliament. In spite of all the promises and declarations, the planet […]
Europe is Losing 1,000 Farms Per Day & Climate Change Regulations May lead to Starvation
Europe is Losing 1,000 Farms Per Day & Climate Change Regulations May lead to Starvation The new EU Agriculture Commissioner has publicly stated that Europe loses 1,000 farms per day. He acknowledged that the EU is losing 400,000 farms per year. However, crop and livestock production in Europe is projected to decline and maybe completely abandoned Europe’s […]
