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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 […]
Who eats local food?
Who eats local food? The question of who eats local food is a tricky one to pin down. There is first the question of what constitutes ‘local food’ – if you’re a farmer raising grass-fed beef or lamb in Wales that you then sell across country, most people would say that’s local enough; but what […]
What does a global pandemic mean for a global food system?
What does a global pandemic mean for a global food system? In the last few weeks, we have all experienced the impact that COVID-19 has had on food supplies. With supermarkets picked clean, many are wondering whether this is a short-term reaction to the crisis or a prelude to more significant shortages as global trade […]
Beware of the N-bomb
Beware of the N-bomb There are good, and frightening, reasons to closely follow the changes in the nitrogen cycle. We should not be surprised if the effects and costs of disturbing it turn out to be as dramatic as those for the carbon cycle. In addition, greenhouse gas emissions from nitrogen fertilizers are around 3% […]
Scientists: The Globe’s Food Supply System Is Broken
Scientists: The Globe’s Food Supply System Is Broken The world’s science academics are saying that the global food supply system is completely broken. They say that in order to avoid a “climate catastrophe” the global population should overhaul the farming system and eat less meat. Billions of people worldwide are either underfed or overweight. The current […]
Principles For Designing a Holistic Food System
PRINCIPLES FOR DESIGNING A HOLISTIC FOOD SYSTEM Most people have an unconscious feeling that we can´t continue down the path we´re currently on. The supposed abundance witnessed on the shelves of our local grocery store might seem promising, but deep down we know that we can´t continue to outsource our need for food to a […]
Our food system – a health hazard
Our food system – a health hazard People get sick because they work under unhealthy conditions. People get sick because of contaminants in the water, soil, or air. People get sick because specific foods they eat are unsafe for consumption. People get sick because they have unhealthy diets. People get sick because they can’t access […]
Vermont Has Developed America’s Most Comprehensive Food System Plan: How Did They Do It?
Vermont Has Developed America’s Most Comprehensive Food System Plan: How Did They Do It? The Green Mountain State has long been a national leader in sustainable agriculture and local food. The following excerpt is from Community Resilience Reader edited by Daniel Lerch. Copyright © 2017 Post Carbon Institute. Reproduced by permission of Island Press, Washington, […]
Six steps back to the land
Six steps back to the land I am a great fan of Colin Tudge, not least because he is an original thinker, as amply demonstrated in his latest book, Six Steps Back to the Land. I also have direct experience in relation to his theme, since I literally got ‘back to the land’ in the 1970s. […]
It’s the Food Economy, Stupid!
It’s the Food Economy, Stupid! I believe Rod MacRae (shown here) is one of a handful of experts to develop a critique of today’s food system based on its bad business case and its failure to do proper scenario planning. If you don’t like reading arithmetic, you will find his writings tough going, but as soon […]
Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds
Monsanto’s Roundup Kills and Damages More than Weeds Protests against Monsanto’s Roundup, with its poisonous, weed-killing glyphosate, have spread around the globe. An arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a probable cause of cancer in 2015. California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CA EPA) recently decided to label it as such. Environmental groups and […]
From drought to deluge: an ecological approach to California’s water crisis
From drought to deluge: an ecological approach to California’s water crisis Dry creek bed in California. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Climate change is the greatest threat to human civilization and a major driver of droughts, floods, fires, food system collapse and economic destabilization. Basing our infrastructure on fossil fuel technology that is imposed upon rather than […]
Hudson Valley Harvest: Transparency is Key to Scaling Local Food
Hudson Valley Harvest: Transparency is Key to Scaling Local Food Hudson Valley Harvest is bringing local food to larger markets through its network of small farmers. The Hudson Valley of New York has a long, rich history of agriculture, and currently boasts more than 5,000 farms that generate upwards of US$500 million in annual revenue. However, despite […]
Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How.
Agroecology Can Help Fix Our Broken Food System. Here’s How. The various incarnations of the sustainable food movement need a science with which to approach a system as complex as food and farming. Thumb through U.S. newspapers any day in early 2015, and you could find stories on President Obama’s “fast-track” plans for the Trans-Pacific […]
