Community-supported agriculture (CSA) has played a critical role in feeding local communities during the COVID-19 crisis. The pandemic has highlighted the weaknesses and gaps in our global food production and distribution systems. In contrast, smaller more local farms and direct sales models are being celebrated as more resilient and veg box...

China's agroecological and organic farming sector is developing rapidly as increasing numbers of consumers have the economic means to consider their food's safety and health. The market potential is vast, but many challenges remain: educating the consumer and building trust, supporting new entrants, recovering damaged ecosystems, and creating viable market...

The Shashe block of farms in the Maszinvgo province of central Zimbabwe is home to 500 farming families. Together with the Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (ZIMSOFF) and Shashe Agroecology School, they have worked to revive arid cattle-ranching land into rich, abundant food forests.  The school trains farmers in agroecological farming...

The practice of natural agriculture focuses on biodiversity preservation and promotes seed conservation.  This approach emphasizes the environment's fundamental characteristics and supports the Satoyama concept that integrates ecological compatibility among landscape and seascape management. In this session, part of the Oxford Real Farming Conference 2021 programme, Shumei Natural Agriculture presented a virtual tour...

The Nyéléni Food Sovereignty Movement in Europe and Central Asia (Nyéléni-ECA) launched this webinar on "National Land Coalitions for Land Policy Reform". During the event, participants from Scottish Land Trust, and the Land Justice Network of United Kingdom; Terre de Liens, France; and the Land preservation network of Netzwerk Flächensicherung,...

Agroecology promotes the transformation of food and agriculture based on ecological principles, focused on justice-based visions led by farmers and citizens. It is increasingly adopted as a response to converging socio-ecological crises. However, almost all funding continues to flow to projects that undermine agroecology and strengthens the global, industrial farming...