Agroecology
As both the “science of sustainable agriculture” and a political project, agroecology works to decentralize power and promote equity and ecological resilience in our food systems. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Agroecology
Burkina Faso’s Farmer-to-Farmer Movement Helps Smallholders Cope with Climate Change
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Feb 20, 2014
The half-moon ridges sculpted in the red dirt didn’t look like much. Eight feet across and barely five inches high,…
Farmer Autonomy With State Support: The Cuban Agroecological Experiment
Blog | Christina Bronsing-Lazalde | Feb 14, 2014
The son of two pioneers of the Cuban agroecology movement, Fernando Funes-Monzote has been steeped in sustainable farming his entire…
Food Sovereignty in Practice in the Basque Country
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | EHNE-Bizkaia | Oct 1, 2013
Food Sovereignty is a right and a utopia that helps us change society. It is the right of all peoples to decide on their means of production and what they eat.
Two Hands, Two Legs, One Heart
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Aug 14, 2013
Over twenty years ago, over a cup of very strong, sweet and freshly roasted coffee, a wizened campesino farmer from…
Boricuá: Agroecology and the return of family farming in Puerto Rico
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | May 15, 2013
Over a hundred years ago, my family lost their coffee farm in Puerto Rico when Hurricane San Ciriaco destroyed the…
Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and the New Green Revolution
Academic Publication | Eric Holt-Giménez and Miguel Altieri | Dec 17, 2012
In Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 37:1, 90-102 Abstract In the face of recurrent global food crises, institutions of the…
Unfinished Puzzle: Cuban agriculture – the challenges, lessons and opportunities
Book | Eduardo Francisco Freyre Roach and May Ling Chan | Dec 1, 2012
This book provides a rare view from inside Cuba of the tension between food sovereignty and food security in the face of a 50-year US embargo.
What Cuba Can Teach Us About Food and Climate Change
Blog | Raj Patel | Jun 15, 2012
The Studebakers plying up and down Havana’s boardwalk aren’t the best advertisement for dynamism and innovation. But if you want…
The Scaling Up of Agroecology: Spreading the hope for food sovereignty and resiliency
Academic Publication | Miguel Altieri | May 1, 2012
A contribution to discussions at Rio+20 on issues at the interface of hunger, agriculture, environment and social justice
Smallholder Solutions to Hunger, Poverty and Climate Change
Policy Brief | Annie Shattuck and Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 1, 2011
With the global food crisis, international agreement has emerged regarding the importance of smallholder agriculture in the battle against hunger and poverty.
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