Earlier this month, the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held the 2nd International Symposium on Agroecology at its headquarters in Rome. The gathering attracted almost 800 ...

June 17, 2015 — Thumb through U.S. newspapers any day in early 2015, and you could find stories on President Obama’s “fast-track” plans for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, antibiotic scares and the ...

Agroecology—a science, practice, and movement that seeks social, political, economic, and environmental sustainability in the global food system—is gaining momentum in the U.S., according to a new ...

Agricultural, land, forestry, environmental and trade policies in the Congo Basin remain compartmentalised at country levels, ...

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 ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states in its strongest terms yet the need for action to reduce emissions, and ...

Growing the crops we eat requires a massive web of infrastructure and resources, each of which can have serious downstream implications. From pesticides to groundwater contamination, the ways we make ...

For decades, chemical fertilizers have helped farmers increase crop production. But some of these fertilizers can also leave behind substances that build up in the soil over time. Among them are ...

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 ...

Since this morning, people from the local government have come to inspect the fields.Standing in the fields surrounded by ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) has been organizing landless families to occupy, settle, and farm throughout the country since the ...

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 ...