How a Methodist Preacher Became a Champion for Black-Led Sustainable Agriculture
Dennis Hutson wants to recreate a Black farming paradise in California. First he has to adapt to the climate crisis.
Farming
Could This Ancient Farming Technique Be a Climate Solution?
Terracing has been used for centuries to help prevent fire, moderate temperatures, and make farming possible even when water is scarce.
Growing From Labor to Leisure
How mindfulness can help balance the toil of farm life.
Raising Cows for the Climate
Regenerative grazing is booming along the Mid-Atlantic, potentially helping to mitigate cows’ climate impact.
How India’s Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi’s Farm Bills—and Won
Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers spent a year relentlessly protesting the Modi government’s push to corporatize Indian agriculture. Their fight offers a model for social movements worldwide.
Planting a Life—and a Future—After Prison
The residential and employment program on a North Carolina organic farm helps formerly incarcerated women find a new path.
Growing Food and Latino Culture in Tucson’s Barrio Centro
T-shirt entrepreneurs-turned-farmers are turning an abandoned elementary school into a community hub.
Cultivating Food Sovereignty Through Regenerative Ocean Farming
The first Native-owned and Native-led land trust is working to empower and equip young Natives to successfully farm kelp.
Frances Moore Lappé: Why I Wrote “Diet for a Small Planet”
In 1969, experts said the cause of hunger was world overpopulation. Frances Moore Lappé showed they were wrong.
Growing Food Justice in Brooklyn
Over 70 different fruits and vegetables are grown in this urban biodiversity oasis, including specialty crops from the community’s diverse cultures.
This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World
At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
Rethinking the Farming Economy
A Vermont nonprofit is connecting independent farms with buyers and distributors, reducing food surplus and working to eliminate food insecurity.
Reclaimed Water Could Be the Solution to Farming in a Drier Future
A California farm is making sure wastewater no longer goes to waste.
Donations to Black-Led Food and Land Organizations Shift from Charitable Giving to True Reparations
Transferring wealth to Black-led groups is a particularly potent form of reparations with immediate benefits to communities of color.
The Gift of Ecological Humility
These Afro-Indigenous practices challenge ideas of human supremacy.
A Nearly True Story: The Tale of the Hamlet
Sometime in the future of the After Times, a group of neighbors relearn how to grow food in community—and feel joy amid uncertainty.
Returning to the Roots of Community Resilience in Hawai‘i
Local agriculture initiatives offer a way toward food security through reconnection with the land and the true spirit of aloha.
Cooperation and Chocolate: The Story of One Colombian Community’s Quest for Peace
A community in Colombia is ditching traditional capitalist models in order to build a collective future.
Indian Women Turn to Ancient Grains to Feed Their Families and Their Futures
As climate change threatens rainfed farming, millets offer a way to achieve food, financial, and environmental security.
What Regenerative Farming Can Do for the Climate
Taking care of the soil is the key to making farms and farmers more resilient.
These Small Dairy Farms Are a Model for a Resilient Food System
Due to the coronavirus, dairy producers are dumping thousands of gallons of milk every day. But these New Jersey dairy farmers have a better system.
COVID-19 Sparks a Rebirth of the Local Farm Movement
Could this be the beginning of a new food economy?
How Will Farms and Restaurants Emerge from the Coronavirus?
Experts weigh in on the state of our food system, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
What U.S. Farming Can Do to Stop Climate Change
The landscape of farmland, pastures, ranges, and forest could sequester carbon on a massive scale by 2030. Here’s the math.
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