Share Food Program

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Growing Food from Seed to Harvest; 3. Agroecology: Understanding Sustainable Plant & Soil Science; and 4. Seeds, fertilizer, farmed animals, trucks used for transportation, packaging operations and grocery stores are all parts of our food system. Food Justice, Land Sovereignty and Deconstructing the Food System; 2.

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Share Food Program

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Residents of Southwest Philly can also get low-cost raised garden beds , soil and seed starts from Sankofa to start growing their own food at home, or can sign up to join Sankofa’s on-site community garden. In 2022, Philly Forests began a school garden and mini food forest at EW Rhodes K-8 School in North Philadelphia.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 27, 2023

Much of what you’re distributing in the winter can be [sold] in larger quantities for consumers to store,” Hachmyer says. “As Hachmyer teaches agroecology part-time at nearby Sonoma State University). As we got better, we would grow longer and longer into the season. We realized how much we could do in the winter.”

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

MAY 28, 2024

Mexico’s challenge has also bolstered its standing as hemispheric leader of an agroecology movement gaining momentum across the global south. “If What happens is this: The genetic code of Bt seeds are programmed to produce toxins that attack the stomach linings of crop-munching caterpillars.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is an alliance uniting civil societies dedicated to promoting agroecology and food sovereignty across Africa. The Institute aims to advance sustainable and nutritious food production systems, improve food distribution and access, and contributes to policy discussions.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) , Africa AFSA is a coalition of civil society organizations advocating for food sovereignty and agroecology across the continent. It connects expertise across disciplines to enhance food security, improve distribution, and position Canada as a leader in agricultural innovation.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Editor’s Note: This post is the first in a two-part series about seed breeding. This series will explore the history of seed breeding in the US, the impacts of consolidation and concentration of seed breeding on farmers and our food systems, and what a more democratic seed breeding system might look like.

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Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

Brazil’s national requirement that 30 percent of school food ingredients be sourced from local and regional family farms helps empower and fund women agroecological producers. Plants have recent memories that they pass on to their seeds. Meanwhile, in the U.S., We no longer trembled with fear. They can hear sounds.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 12, 2025

Last December, LVEJO received the national Food Sovereignty Prize , awarded for grassroots, agroecological solutions from the people most harmed by the injustices of the global food system, according to a press release from the U.S. Semillas de Justicia (Seeds of Justice) , a half-acre community garden and farm, sits just outside the park.

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Civil Eats

MARCH 19, 2025

Under President Biden, the USDA became a primary funder , expanding a suite of programs that support regional food systems from seed to processing to plate. At the same time, the agency has worked quickly to distribute “economic relief” funding authorized by Congress last December for commodity farmers.

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