This City Makes Sure No One Goes Hungry鈥擡ven During COVID
Nestled on a wide plateau surrounded by the Espinha莽o Mountains in southeastern Brazil is the city of Belo Horizonte, roughly 275 miles north of Rio de Janeiro. The city of
Sustainable food and farming
Food Is For Eating
鈥淯se everything, waste nothing.鈥�
The Radical Power of Your Sourdough Starter
For fermentation revivalist Sandor Katz, making sourdough, kimchi, and kombucha is about more than eating well at home. It鈥檚 a metaphor for creative systemic change, bubbling away from the ground up.
Harnessing Food Waste to Empower Communities in Brazil
Chef Regina Tchelly repurposes food waste to provide access to healthy food and remedy a broken social system.
What Regenerative Farming Can Do for the Climate
Taking care of the soil is the key to making farms and farmers more resilient.
Can Ranching Help Sustain Florida鈥檚 Biodiversity?
An unlikely partnership has emerged between ranchers and conservationists in the Sunshine State, in order to protect the state鈥檚 air, water, and wildlife.
How the Lebanese Diaspora Is Mobilizing Against Food Insecurity at Home
The August explosion in Beirut destroyed the country鈥檚 largest grain silo, accelerating a food shortage crisis. But Lebanese expatriates are rising to the challenge.
We鈥檙e at a Tipping Point鈥擳oward Healing the Climate
If we focus on the best possible outcomes, journalist Judith D. Schwartz argues together we can restore ecosystems.
How to Save the Sea: Lessons from an Italian Fishing Community
How one small stretch of coastline went from a hotbed of drug smuggling to a model of ecological restoration.
These Small Dairy Farms Are a Model for a Resilient Food System
Due to the coronavirus, dairy producers are dumping thousands of gallons of milk every day. But these New Jersey dairy farmers have a better system.
COVID-19 Sparks a Rebirth of the Local Farm Movement
Could this be the beginning of a new food economy?
Gardening Advice from Indigenous Food Growers
鈥淕ardens represent resiliency, strength, wellness, culture.鈥�
More Farmland Transitions to Organic
Growing interest in regenerative land practices and demand for organic food have led to consistent expansion of acres devoted to organic farming.
Beyond the Coronavirus, My Students See a Better World
The pandemic may foreshadow how climate change will disrupt our communities, but it has also unveiled a counterrevolution already brewing among young people.
Why We Turn to Gardening in Hard Times
The coronavirus pandemic has set off a global gardening boom to satisfy our hunger for physical contact, hope for nature鈥檚 resilience, and a longing to engage in meaningful work.
What鈥檚 in a 猫咪社区 Diet?
You can make whatever diet you鈥檙e currently eating even healthier.
5 Ways to Eat a Rose
What better time than now, when
we鈥檙e slowed down and trying to ward off contagions, to look to traditional medicines to fortify our immunity?
How Will Farms and Restaurants Emerge from the Coronavirus?
Experts weigh in on the state of our food system, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Instead of Buying Guns or Hoarding Food, Let鈥檚 Feed Each Other
Planting roots in our neighborhoods鈥攔ather than individual victory gardens鈥攁llows us to reassess the true meaning of community and show our neighbors that we have their backs.
A Day on the Regenerative Ranch
The role of a rancher is nurturing a balance between agriculture and nature鈥攁nd making space for wildness.
The Push to Keep Independent Grocery Stores Open in Rural Communities
At 75, Linda Grotberg is more than ready to retire. Instead, however, the mother of 11 and grandmother of 40 manages a small grocery store in her hometown of Wimbledon,
We Need a Green New Deal for Farmland
Americans have a short window of opportunity to combat climate change, rectify racist policies, and conserve farmland. This policy would help.
Bridging the Food-or-Energy Gap
Should land be used for solar panels or agriculture? The burgeoning Solar Sheep movement argues: Why not both?
Dismantling Food Colonialism in the Hopi Nation
Hopi leaders are restoring food sovereignty for the tribe鈥檚 2,500-square-mile reservation鈥攚hich has only two grocery stores.
An Aspirational Vision of Life After Fossil Fuels
Building sustainable communities is the antidote to fear of a changing climate.
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