Food Tank

DECEMBER 1, 2023

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. However, the country needs to scale-up agroecology and help farmers to make the transition.

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Food Tank

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Philanthropy can help tilt the incentives needed to usher in a regenerative and agroecological transition that centers farmers and landscape stewards and recognizes a shared set of principles. It is possible to forge a more sustainable path. Articles like the one you just read are made possible through the generosity of Food Tank members.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

A Bigger Conversation’s Director, Pat Thomas, shares insights from the ‘Agroecological Intelligence’ project, which spoke with agroecological farmers and growers to establish a criteria for adopting new technologies. But not everyone buys in to this narrative.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

While many of these priorities – such as agricultural climate adaptation and mitigation, MMRV of greenhouse gas emissions, and public cultivar development – are important additions to improve AFRI’s focus on agroecological research, without increased funding, AFRI will be limited in its ability to address these new priority areas.

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Caff

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In the 19702, in the wake of the Bracero immigration program’s end, an economic downturn, market concentration, and new technological development, researchers at the University of California developed an industrial-scaled mechanical tomato harvester, which added fuel to the fire, pushing farmers “to get big or get out”.

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The Equation

APRIL 18, 2023

Food that is grown with agroecological practices by small and midsize farmers, harvested by farmworkers who are paid fairly and have labor protections, and distributed locally or regionally to all communities is key to healthy lives and a healthy planet. Meanwhile, cheap processed food is making too many of us sick, at immense cost.

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Sustainable Food Trust

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

According to Compson, “Organic certification provides a market mechanism for farmers to be rewarded and recognised for their positive efforts towards tackling the climate and ecological crisis.” Farmers must undergo an expensive (and sometimes bureaucratic) certification process. For most, it is a combination of the two.

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