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Albania: A lesson in localism

Sustainable Food Trust

My idea of heaven is the 100 hectares of cultivated ground that provide a livelihood for the 50 plus families who work the land in Miras and who produce more than enough food to feed the entire community of 600 families. The reallocation of collective farms meant that thousands of families were given land to cultivate themselves.

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Ceremonial Grade Cacao is Ceremony’s Subversion

Modern Farmer

As part of my vocation here in Oaxaca, Mexico, I offer storytelling “sessions” about cacao and maize. Recently harvested cacao pods collected in a sack, ready to be carried to the village for fermenting. A local farmer carrying his cacao harvest home on a local road. Countless clients have asked me if I “do” (i.e.,

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Seeds from Wild Crop Relatives Could Help Agriculture Weather Climate Change

Civil Eats

Farmers plant seeds deep in the soil, use passive rainwater harvesting, and rely on hardy desert-adapted seeds. a) teosinte and maize (Zea mays); b) chilli pepper (Capsicum annuum); c) common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); d) cotton (Gossypium hirsutum). Our seeds are very resilient,” said Johnson.

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The U.S.-Mexico tortilla war

Food Environment and Reporting Network

If the biotech companies defeat maize in its center of origin, it will embolden them to do the same in other centers of origin,” said Tania Monserrat Téllez, an organizer with Sin Maiz, No Hay Pais (Without Corn, There Is No Nation), a coalition of groups in Mexico supporting the ban. Photo by Omar Torres/AFP via Getty Images.

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