Food Tank
DECEMBER 1, 2023
Today, this model of industrial agriculture is no longer fit for purpose. We need to rethink our food systems and transition to diversified agroecological systems that can ensure we address this twin challenge, and to provide nutritious diets to a growing population without destroying the planet.
Sustainable Harvest International
OCTOBER 2, 2024
SHI-Belize partner farmer Juvini Acosta reforests land affected by conventional agriculture. Industrial agriculture prioritizes profit over the health of the planet. Agroecological practices take a holistic approach, promoting the health of crops and the surrounding environment that supports them.
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Sustainable Food Trust
JULY 2, 2024
As we increasingly experience the damage inflicted by well over half a century of industrial agriculture – including devastating impacts upon public health, soil fertility and biodiversity – what is desperately needed is a cohesive and actionable long-term plan for agriculture, grounded in an agroecological approach.
Food Tank
JUNE 10, 2024
Land grabbing, or the large-scale appropriation of land, is one of the main causes, which can compromise the land’s original agroecology. A global shift in food systems, including more industrialized agriculture practices and increased use of agrichemicals, is an additional contributor to the land squeeze.
Food Tank
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
The science tells us that agroecology is what we need to create farms that are resilient to climate shocks. “We’ve been sold this story that we don’t need to buy into anymore,” says Anna Lappé, Executive Director of The Global Alliance for the Future of Food. It’s an incredibly positive story that we don’t hear as much.”
Food Tank
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
About a third of the world’s soils are currently degraded, the FAO says , and poor land management practices and hyper-industrialized agriculture is pushing that number higher. And that has direct impacts on our food supply and climate.
The Equation
MARCH 4, 2024
What they do need are huge amounts of water, huge amounts of pesticides to artificially correct the unnatural monoculture, and huge amounts of fertilizers because industrial agriculture practices deplete nutrients from the soil. Allensworth is in the process of purchasing land to create an educational farm based on agroecology.
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