Nurturing Seeds of Freedom in Palestine
Surrounded by a 26-foot-high separation wall, barbed wire, and a watchtower, a group of young Palestinians prepares a 3.5-acre piece of land for the growing season in spring. The noise
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Black Growing Traditions
Black farmers are reasserting themselves in food cultivation and building on the practices of earlier generations.
Farmers Navigate Dual Crises of Climate and Mental Health
Could provisions in the Farm Bill help with the high rates of suicide among U.S. farmers?
From Farmworkers to Land Healers
On most days, Sandra de Leon prunes grapevines in Northern California’s wealthiest vineyards. But today she is dressed head to toe in a yellow fire-resistant suit, helmet, safety goggles, and
How Farms (and Their Wild Pollinators) Can Survive the Stress of Climate Change
Rewilding landscapes on and around farms can create refugia to protect plants and pollinators in the face of a warming, drying climate.
Why Farmers in Zimbabwe Are Shifting to Bees
Without the need for dedicated land or water, honeybees offer a more stable climate future.
How a Methodist Preacher Became a Champion for Black-Led Sustainable Agriculture
Dennis Hutson wants to recreate a Black farming paradise in California. First he has to adapt to the climate crisis.
Could This Ancient Farming Technique Be a Climate Solution?
Terracing has been used for centuries to help prevent fire, moderate temperatures, and make farming possible even when water is scarce.
Growing From Labor to Leisure
How mindfulness can help balance the toil of farm life.
Raising Cows for the Climate
Regenerative grazing is booming along the Mid-Atlantic, potentially helping to mitigate cows’ climate impact.
How India’s Farmers Launched a Movement Against Modi’s Farm Bills—and Won
Hundreds of thousands of Indian farmers spent a year relentlessly protesting the Modi government’s push to corporatize Indian agriculture. Their fight offers a model for social movements worldwide.
Planting a Life—and a Future—After Prison
The residential and employment program on a North Carolina organic farm helps formerly incarcerated women find a new path.
Growing Food and Latino Culture in Tucson’s Barrio Centro
T-shirt entrepreneurs-turned-farmers are turning an abandoned elementary school into a community hub.
Cultivating Food Sovereignty Through Regenerative Ocean Farming
The first Native-owned and Native-led land trust is working to empower and equip young Natives to successfully farm kelp.
Frances Moore Lappé: Why I Wrote “Diet for a Small Planet”
In 1969, experts said the cause of hunger was world overpopulation. Frances Moore Lappé showed they were wrong.
Growing Food Justice in Brooklyn
Over 70 different fruits and vegetables are grown in this urban biodiversity oasis, including specialty crops from the community’s diverse cultures.
This Experiential Learning Farm Helps Youth Build a Better World
At Freetown Farm, members of the community can learn the names of medicinal herbs and harvest vegetables, all while developing a deeper relationship to the land and local community.
Rethinking the Farming Economy
A Vermont nonprofit is connecting independent farms with buyers and distributors, reducing food surplus and working to eliminate food insecurity.
Reclaimed Water Could Be the Solution to Farming in a Drier Future
A California farm is making sure wastewater no longer goes to waste.
Donations to Black-Led Food and Land Organizations Shift from Charitable Giving to True Reparations
Transferring wealth to Black-led groups is a particularly potent form of reparations with immediate benefits to communities of color.
The Gift of Ecological Humility
These Afro-Indigenous practices challenge ideas of human supremacy.
A Nearly True Story: The Tale of the Hamlet
Sometime in the future of the After Times, a group of neighbors relearn how to grow food in community—and feel joy amid uncertainty.
Returning to the Roots of Community Resilience in Hawai‘i
Local agriculture initiatives offer a way toward food security through reconnection with the land and the true spirit of aloha.
Cooperation and Chocolate: The Story of One Colombian Community’s Quest for Peace
A community in Colombia is ditching traditional capitalist models in order to build a collective future.
Indian Women Turn to Ancient Grains to Feed Their Families and Their Futures
As climate change threatens rainfed farming, millets offer a way to achieve food, financial, and environmental security.
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