Pennsylvania’s Farmers work with Federal Preservation Programs
With success that could be a model for the nation, Pennsylvania’s Farmland Preservation Program as reached a landmark agreement with the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP). The agreement, which will protect 651 acres across 7 individual farms, was the product of two years of careful negotiation. This cooperation between state and federal officials for the preservation […]
A Cartography of Fantasia
A Cartography of Fantasia is a 2-screen video installation that examines relationships between imagination, financial speculation, and the technologies our human species use to transform the ecology of this planet. In the work, a satellite is trying to make sense of a living environment that thrives in the aftermath of mankind. An alien like satellite guides […]
Growth in the “The World of Organic Agriculture”
The global organic sector is the good news story in these uncertain economic times. Despite predictions to the contrary, the global organic sector continues to grow in value, land area, number of farmers and number of countries. “The World of Organic Agriculture” contains the latest information of the organic sector. It is published every year […]
Land Access: Agritopia
Agritopia – Pioneering Agrihood, Reclaiming Village Life Interviewing Joe Johnston – Phoenix, Arizona Agritopia is an urban farm and something of a modern village designed to flourish in suburban Phoenix. Launched a decade ago, this pioneering agrihood was developed by the original farming family, and spearheaded by their son, Joe Johnston. As a case […]
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Gaining Ground
GAINING GROUND, a feature-length documentary film by Elaine Velazquez and Barbara Bernstein, tells the stories of farmers making extraordinary changes in their farming practices so they can feed their local communities sustainably grown produce and grains. From farms in Oregon’s fertile Willamette Valley to underserved communities of color in Richmond, California, GAINING GROUND reveals the tenacity and courage […]
100 Years of Anti-Corporate Farming Laws
An article the Center for Rural Affairs wrote in 2007 on the importance of anti-corporate farming laws has new resonance in light of the recent decision by Nebraska’s legislature to allow meatpackers to own hogs prior to slaughter (LB 176). Here is a look back to the roots of the issue.
The Gates Foundation and the Plunder of African Agriculture
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is dangerously and unaccountably distorting the direction of international development, according to a new report by the campaign group Global Justice Now. With assets of $43.5 billion, the BMGF is the largest charitable foundation in the world. It actually distributes more aid for global health than any government. […]
Young Agrarian movement is growing and bursting out in Canada!
Out here on the temperate BC Coast we’re lucky to already be enjoying the early blooms of the colourful crocus and daffodils as well as the tender, nutrient rich, greens of late winter which are beginning to push their way up through the forest floor. We’re overjoyed to have new branch of Young Agrarians budding in Alberta this season; we hope our burgeoning network […]
Life in Syntropy
“Life in Syntropy” is the new short film from Agenda Gotsch. It tells the story of Brazilian farmer Ernst Gotsch, who bought 1,200 acres of completely deforested land on the edge of the rainforest in 1984 and transformed it into a remarkably biodiverse working farm that reverses climate change by sequestering carbon.