Agroecology Greenhouse Ruralism 
Food Tank
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Current food systems are responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and for nearly 80 percent of biodiversity loss. Switching to agroecology offers a way to produce food within diverse landscapes growing and nurturing different crops, livestock and fisheries suited to the conditions and communities that live in the area.
Sustainable Harvest International
MARCH 12, 2025
Through this partnership, the Belize program and Shipstern are working together to conserve critical forestland and waterways that provide essential wildlife habitats and support the livelihoods of rural farmers. Farmers in the Honduras TREE program participate in a workshop at a community greenhouse.
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Modern Farmer
AUGUST 29, 2023
The next step is to get a greenhouse going in the fall and eventually scale up into a series of shipping containers. Red Angus cows help students learn about agroecology at Walla Walla Community College. Agroecology incorporates the whole food systems and dynamics of the community,” says Alan Raeder, Ph.D.,
Modern Farmer
MARCH 20, 2024
Better yet, why do some researchers, farmers and activists prefer the term “urban agroecology?” From 2017 to 2019, my research team helped to define and elevate “urban agroecology” in the US as a better way of acknowledging the multifunctional benefits of urban green spaces. amount of food produced per unit of GHG emission).
Civil Eats
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Estrella “Esther” Penunia, the secretary general of the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development, called consolidation a “big problem” and talked about transforming the food system to “shift the power to the people.” Is Agroecology Being Coopted by Big Ag? In August, Almheiri declared in an op-ed that the U.A.E.
Civil Eats
JANUARY 8, 2024
In this sense, California Plowshares is a return to the kind of rural sharing economies that once arose naturally between farmers in tight-knit communities but have become much less common in recent years. Every year, they pool funds to add to their growing collection of tools.
Sustainable Harvest International
JULY 19, 2022
The crisis in Ukraine reveals that now more than ever, we must embrace a food system grounded in local agroecology. This is simply untrue and ignores the fact that conventional farming degrades land, pollutes water, kills wildlife, and is responsible for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Among the 12.6
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