Agroecology is an ecological and social approach to agriculture offering solutions for (1) production, (2) marketing and (3) consumption of food. It proposes alternatives to conventional agricultural ...

Maryland farmer Blain Snipstal wanted to expand awareness about agroecology in the United States after years spent working with advocacy groups for farmworker rights, rural issues, and peasant ...

The Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers' Forum Uganda (ESAFF Uganda) has intensified efforts to strengthen Community Agroecology Schools (CAS) in Eastern Uganda as part of a broader ...

MZIMBA, Malawi – For years, life was defined by hardship for Grena Banda and her husband, Daniel Mwafulirwa, in Malawi’s northern district of Rumphi. Their small farm was their only reliable source of ...

We already know how to invest in the kind of equitable and sustainable food systems that can build climate resilience. Yet while the hazards of industrial agriculture (and the opportunities offered by ...

Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) has been organizing landless families to occupy, settle, and farm throughout the country since the dictatorship ended in 1985. Agroecology–a highly sustainable ...

For years, agroecology has been a hallmark of UCSC’s programming, with faculty conducting pioneering research, students gaining hands-on research and practical experience, and alumni making ...

Even before Hurricane Maria devastated the island back in September 2017, Puerto Rico already imported 85 percent of its food. Local farming declined decades ago amid U.S.-led industrialization on the ...

The Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS) will get a new name, logo, and look and feel through a rebranding project that affirms the center’s commitment to advancing agroecology ...

AGROECOLOGY, an integrated approach that applies ecological principles to agricultural systems, aims to create sustainable and resilient food production systems. It emphasises biodiversity, natural ...

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states in its strongest terms yet the need for action to reduce emissions, and one of the key strategies it outlines for policymakers ...