The Dutch leg of Voedsel Anders (Food Otherwise) is a network of farmers, fisherfolk, scientists, beekeepers, students, artists, academics, policy makers, journalists and other active citizens in the Netherlands and Belgium engaged in building healthy food systems. This Network claims that the current agrifood system is depleting the soil and...

Baladre  coordinates groups from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, as well as from the South American cone, with different sensibilities, but with a common will: to denounce inequality, impoverishment and exclusion in any of its forms. Baladre will meeton 20 and 21 March 2020 in San Antolín de Ibias (Asturias)...

The European Agroecology Knowledge Exchange Network showcases European initiatives which promote peasant-to-peasant agroecological knowledge exchange. The network is part of an international process led by La Via Campesina (LVC) and coordinated in Europe by the European Coordination of La Via Campesina (ECVC). The network focuses on practical skills sharing as well as on political training, considering them...

Zero-budget natural farming is a form of agricultural system redesign being practiced at scale in India, particularly in the state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an emerging set of agricultural practices designed  to dramatically reduce farmers’ direct costs (hence “zero-budget”) while boosting yields and farm health through the use of non-synthetic...

The UA Magazine tries to provide insight into the questions: “What is ‘urban agroecology’,exactly? Is it a type of ecological or organic agriculture in the city or if not, what else or what more?”. As we will see from the contributions in this Magazine, definitions differ and tend to reflect...

The Iranian food system faces several challenges, threatening the food security of the inhabitants and contributing to the depletion of resources: international economic sanctions leading to inflation and unprecedented price peak, scarcity of water resources and intensive and non-adapted cultural practices. Some initiatives emerge, but remain isolated. However, it is...