Ecology Food Rural Development 
Food Tank
DECEMBER 7, 2024
This is the second part of an articles series based on based on conversations held during COP16 (Cali) and COP29 (Baku) side events by leading food system actors, who explored solutions provided by agroecology. Called Resilient food futures: agroecology and climate finance for ambitious NDCs 3.0, Africa sets the example.
ATTRA
OCTOBER 3, 2023
As more people in urban areas seek ways to reconnect with nature, nurture biodiversity, and promote sustainable food production, community forest gardens have emerged as an ancient solution to a modern problem. The Tamox Talom Food Forest, a newly planted food forest in San Antonio, Texas. Lack of local food?
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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
MAY 20, 2024
347.563.6408 Release: House Farm Bill Misses Opportunity to Move Agriculture Forward Washington, DC, May 20, 2024 – On Friday, May 17, the House Agriculture Committee released the long-awaited Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (FFNSA ). The Farm, Food, and National Security Act fundamentally fails to meet the moment.
ATTRA
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
Where are we in the ecological succession? Trees exist in a different ecological succession stage than pioneering stage plants, also known as weeds. Ecological succession is the process by which plant communities change over time, eventually yielding a climax community. I did my graduate work in cotton.
ATTRA
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Diversity of food crops and flowering annuals. Until then, it seems to me a comprehensive, ecological approach is what’s needed. For this, we need the courage and imagination to live within our limits, just like ecology has been trying to teach us. Legume and grass covers. Rotations according to families. Reference Kim, N.,
Sustainable Food Trust
MARCH 27, 2024
It’s far from perfect, but 10% of that is nominally set aside to dedicate to rural development and sustainable agriculture. Gatti sells some of his oil through XFarm Agricoltura Prossima , a local cooperative who have converted 50 acres of land confiscated from the Mafia into a social and ecologically focused agricultural hub.
ATTRA
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
How does the act of growing food and eating become transactional? And I think of how this system has relegated the small farmer, the community food provider, to the periphery of our common experience, ever concerned with staying viable. Tell me, how do you quantify the effort, the time spent pulling weeds in a sweet corn field?
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