Production and alimentation From transgenics and hamburgers to prosumers, food safety and development 3.0 are topics covered by information material:
SOWING SEEDS OF ECOCENTRISM
It is often rare to meet someone who aptly suits their name- “an aptronym!” Jeewika (Hindi for livelihood or the one who gives life) is one such being. As an educator–ecofeminist–farmer–ecopreneur, she has been practising permaculture, natural farming, and nature-based healing for over 3 years now. Presently, she resides in a small village in Upper […]
Bacteria as allies for soil recovery
This week we talked with the Brazilian scientist Everlon Rigobelo, a professor at the Paulista State University (Unesp), an agronomist and an expert in microbiology, who has a proposal to save our soils from degradation : using bacteria as fertilizer. Professor Everlon’s initiative caught our attention when we met it in a scientific magazine and we found it curious, but […]
California’s community composting law: changing the world from our home
By Stella Álvarez This week we were chatting with Kourtnii Brown, one of the founders and directors of the California Alliance for Community Composting . We talked about a law approved in the State of California in the United States, which invites us to make the planet a better place, and above all to do it, from our […]
ON A JOURNEY TO FIND WHERE THE WILD THINGS GROW
Wild edibles have been part of indigenous community diets for centuries. Now chefs, scholars and farmer collectives are trying to document the medicinal and nutritional value of these wild food