Agroecology Farmland Science 
Food Tank
JANUARY 27, 2025
Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. Drawing from decades of field research, he argues that the answer is in strategies that are based in colonial agricultural science. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.
Food Tank
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
He’s the recipient of the World Food Prize and a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University. farmland toward regenerative practices by the end of the decade. Without well-nourished soil, “the global issues of climate change and food security cannot be addressed,” says soil scientist Dr. Rattan Lal.
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Food Tank
AUGUST 29, 2023
The latest science highlights a range of genetic mishaps that can happen when we engineer living organisms, like gene insertions and deletions that we never intended. Millenia of farmer experience and decades of modern organic and agroecological farming show the way. What could go wrong when we genetically engineer them?
Modern Farmer
JULY 12, 2024
“Florida’s ban and soon Pennsylvania’s ban of cultured meat clearly demonstrates the prevailing ignorance of science among consumers at large and policy makers (often backed by deep-pocket science doubters),” wrote Kantha Shelke, founder of a food science firm called Corvus Blue, LLC and lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, in an email.
The Equation
MARCH 4, 2024
But maybe the most famous sabotage occurred in March of 2023, after heavy rains flooded Dear Creek and someone artificially diverted the water flow toward Allensworth to protect industrial farmland operations elsewhere. Denise and Kayode participated in the ALBA program , a land-based training for future agroecology small farmers.
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
MAY 20, 2024
From the beginning, NSAC and its more than 150 members nationwide have called for a farm bill that incorporates lessons learned since 2018 by advancing programs and policies that build resilience and equity, restore competition, invest in science, and renew our environment for current and future generations.
National Young Farmers Coalition
JUNE 26, 2024
As it reads now, the bill fails to prioritize equitable farmland access, divests from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and strikes climate provisions that would assist farmers in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for extreme weather events. The Farmland Access Act (S.2507)
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