The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

They grow one thing, till underneath to suppress vegetation, have no soil cover, and use no livestock. This is such a basic symbiotic relationship, but it is not even part of the conversation in industrial agricultural orthodoxy. Extend living vegetation (no fallow) 5. anywhere in the world.

Poultry 66

Poultry Livestock Pasture Ecology 66

Modern Farmer

JANUARY 10, 2024

Aidee Guzman, 30, grew up the daughter of immigrants in California’s Central Valley, among massive fields of monocrops that epitomize intense, industrial agriculture. Alfaro suggests using the term “soil livestock,” which she recently heard and feels best encapsulates the true work of caring for the soil. Alfaro explains.

Food 109

Food Agriculture Agriculture Industrial Agriculture 109

Civil Eats

JUNE 20, 2024

—Matthew Wheeland Countering Dispossession, Reclaiming Land: A Social Movement Ethnography By David Gilbert Along the slopes of a volcano in Indonesia, a group of Minangkabau Indigenous agricultural workers began quietly reclaiming their land in 1993, growing cinnamon trees, chilies, eggplants, and other foods on the edges of plantations.

Food 126

Food Farming Farming Forage 126