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Green gold for farmers empowerment

For the last couple of years, a great deal of awareness on health consciousness among the people in Meghalaya, or any other region, has risen. It has led them to insist eating primarily on clean food. Today, most of the … Continue reading

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Agroecology: A Path We Walk On to Defend Mother Earth

Maria Estela Barco Huerta, General Coordinator of DESMI in Mexico, reflects on the agroecology learning exchange in Uganda that the Agroecology Fund hosted in partnership with the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa this Spring. When we received the invitation … Continue reading

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Agroecology is the heritage & tradition of indigenous peoples

Agroecology is connected to the intrinsic wisdom of indigenous peoples; says Dr. Rangad                      Photo: Rucha Chitnis The Northeastern region of India is a bio-cultural hot-spot, home to some 235 tribes living for centuries … Continue reading

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In an impressive fossil fuels travel day, I left the Standing Rock reservation and flew to Italy for the International Slow Food gathering known as Terra Madre. A world congress of harvesters, farmers, chefs and political leaders, this is basically … Continue reading

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Biodiversity, Resilience and Global Challenges: How the Indigenous Food Systems can Inspire Positive Solutions

—Vanda Altarelli Torino, Terra Madre 2016 Indigenous people consider themselves as part of nature; men and environment are one. We as people are reciprocal, seeking nurture and protection. As an individual who nurtures a field, he is in turn nurtured by … Continue reading

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