Video: Future farmers in Europe
“Go for it. Choose the rural alternative. Reclaim the fields!” All around Europe, young urban people with no agricultural background decide to start a farm,...
Category: In practice
All over the world, groundbreaking initiatives are sprouting in which citizens self-organise and take back control over food production, processing and consumption. Taken together, these creative practices show the emergence of a new paradigm in food and farming. We asked the people behind some of the most promising initiatives to document their experiences. What is the secret to their success and what is needed for it to spread further?
Agroecology as an antidote to the Greek financial crisis
By Antonis Diamantidis Greek farming has failed to provide healthy and diverse sustenance for the country’s population while at the same time protecting soils, water...
Migrant shepherds sustain pastoralism in the Mediterranean
The exodus of young people is one of the main problems of rural communities in Mediterranean Europe. The declining rural population is counterbalanced by migrants...
New food networks in the Czech Republic
By Tomas Uhnák Four decades of communism and an overnight transition from socialism to the free market caused dramatic shifts in food consumer – producer relationships...