This booklet is published as part of the EatingCraft International project funded by the European Union under the Erasmus+ programme and is part of a collective writing process undertaken by many CSAs. The publication clarifies the undoubted connection between PGS and CSA and show hoe the two approaches are being similar in their overall...

Every three years, the organic sector assembles to host the Organic World Congress (OWC) - the world’s largest organic gathering. In 2020, the 20th OWC will be held 21-27 September in Rennes, France drawing from the motto, ‘From its Roots, Organic Inspires Life‘. OWC 2020 will aim to provide organic and likeminded...

This article published in The Conversation describes the inextricable linkage between the crisis of biodiversity loss and the loss of indigenous cultures. From animals to insects and plants, biodiversity loss cannot be effectively addressed without tackling the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures.  According to the author, indigenous peoples have conserved biodiversity for millennia. They have created much...

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food Systems research team from the Colorado State University (CSU) developed the Local Food Systems Toolkit to help stakeholders explore the impact of local food efforts and to evaluate the economic impact of local food systems. The project was based on principles...

Amrita Bhoomi is a peasant agroecology training centre. It was launched in 2013 by Indian farmers to find solutions to the agrarian and ecological crises in India. The centre is an established pioneer in the movement for seed sovereignty and food sovereignty, based on agroecological self-reliant farming and rural enterprises....

UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) explains in this story that Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a form of agricultural system redesign that is being practiced at scale in India, particularly in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an emerging set of agricultural practices designed dramatically to reduce farmers’ direct costs (hence “zero...