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Op-Ed | A Missing Investment Strategy: Climate Resilience Hides in Local Food Markets

Food Tank

Policymakers, donors, and investors are seeing the wisdom of investing in soil restoration, agroecology, agroforestry, and biodiversity, among other regenerative actions. Not only are these markets a good fit for smallholder farmers who practice agroecology , but they are also more equitable and accessible for women and youth.

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The Farmers Leaning On Each Other’s Tools

Civil Eats

For three years, Nathanael Gonzales-Siemens drove up California’s coast for 14 hours every month for a routine task: milling his grain into flour. “I We’ve got 150 acres of grain.” He found this disconcerting, not only for himself but the future of small-scale grain farming in California, once known for its golden hills of grain.

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Relocalizing the Food System to Fight a ‘Farm-Free Future’

Civil Eats

After his public response to Monbiot’s book elicited a response from readers, Smaje saw an opportunity to write about the role of farming, grazing, and rural places in an increasingly unstable and unpredictable future. But it’s also much more than that. Smaje is a passionate and wryly funny writer.

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The Power of Millets and Farmer Research Collaboration

Food Tank

Banners are hung, grain samples are on display, and a voice over a megaphone invites the crowd’s attention. This group of researchers, farmers, animators, and technicians is on a 100-village tour of the rural Maradi region of Niger, West Africa. Pearl millet is a small, round grain that feeds vast swaths of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Digging into the House Farm Bill: Part 4

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

NSAC hopes that Congress continues to see the wisdom of funding state and tribal soil health programs, either as a new stand-alone program as proposed in the Agriculture Resilience Act (ARA) or as part of RCPP as proposed in the Rural Prosperity and Food Security Act in the Senate.

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5 Critical Agriculture Topics to Incorporate Into Any Climate-Related Event

Agritecture Blog

More than just an explicit set of production practices, this way of farming is known as “agroecology”, and refers to working with, rather than against, nature. This preserves the agricultural character of the area’s rural communities while also allowing each party to reap certain benefits. Image sourced from Urban Ag News.

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25 Books Guiding Us Toward More Regenerative Food Systems

Food Tank

Decolonizing African Agriculture: Food Security, Agroecology and the Need for Radical Transformation by William G. But he believes that there is a new way forward, advocating for a transformation that supports agroecology, rural communities, and networks of smaller cities. Moseley In Decolonizing African Agriculture , William G.

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