Portrait: Vassilis D. Gkisakis, Greece
“I am an agronomist and a farmer at a small scale olive farm located in a hilly zone of central Greece (Thessaly). My family has owned...
Solidarity call: Support farmers in Puerto Rico
By Georges Félix When Hurricane María slammed into Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017 it pushed the beleaguered island from crisis to disaster. Farmers, farm...
New book on biocultural diversity and knowledge democracy
Food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity New book edited by Michel Pimbert The production of knowledge – and who controls it – is a key...
Losing 22 farms a day
By Elske Hageraats Food producers find themselves under enormous pressure – also in a ‘modern’ country like the Netherlands. Arguing that peasant farmers are needed to...