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The Indigenous concept of food as relationship is the path out hunger, malnutrition & climate crisis. Seeds of Sovereignty, a new brief that shares stories & policy recommendations from Canadian Indigenous food leaders righttofood.ca/seeds-of-sov... #righttofood #Indigenousknowledge #foodsovereignty
Seeds of Sovereignty: Indigenous leaders affirm food as a right, a relationship, and a responsibility - Right To Food
righttofood.ca
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The Indigenous concept of food as relationship is the path out hunger, malnutrition & climate crisis. Seeds of Sovereignty, a new brief that shares stories & policy recommendations from Canadian Indigenous food leaders righttofood.ca/seeds-of-sov... #righttofood #Indigenousknowledge #foodsovereignty
Time to recognise the leadership of Indigenous peoples & traditional farmers in protecting and regenerating the land, to prevent climate catastrophe focusweb.org/statement-of... #climatechange #cop30 #indigenouspeople #farmersrights
Statement of the UN Working Group on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas on the Occasion of COP30, Belem, Brazil | Focus on the Global South
focusweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Time to recognise the leadership of Indigenous peoples & traditional farmers in protecting and regenerating the land, to prevent climate catastrophe focusweb.org/statement-of... #climatechange #cop30 #indigenouspeople #farmersrights
Traditional & Indigenous foodways provide lessons for achieving more just & sustainable food systems. Happy to share a new article in The Conversation that Sinegugu Zukulu and I wrote about traditional Amadiba foodways #decolonize #indigenousknowledge theconversation.com/traditional-...
Traditional food systems nourish communities and protect the environment: lessons from South Africa’s Amadiba
The Amadiba community in South Africa holds fast to traditional farming. They have also withstood pressure to mine their land.
theconversation.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Traditional & Indigenous foodways provide lessons for achieving more just & sustainable food systems. Happy to share a new article in The Conversation that Sinegugu Zukulu and I wrote about traditional Amadiba foodways #decolonize #indigenousknowledge theconversation.com/traditional-...
The Biowatch farmer seed & food fair was a celebration of farmer-managed seed systems, the diversity of traditional & #indigenous seeds & the resilience of small-scale farmers who feed their communities despite unjust seed laws & regulations that restrict their work #agroecology
August 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The Biowatch farmer seed & food fair was a celebration of farmer-managed seed systems, the diversity of traditional & #indigenous seeds & the resilience of small-scale farmers who feed their communities despite unjust seed laws & regulations that restrict their work #agroecology
Interesting. And good to see #agroecology projects in the heart of California's industrial monoculture farming areas blog.ucs.org/angel-fernan...
Best Practices for Just Land Transitions in California
Cropland repurposing is a promising solution.
blog.ucs.org
July 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Interesting. And good to see #agroecology projects in the heart of California's industrial monoculture farming areas blog.ucs.org/angel-fernan...
interesting read on green colonialism & the need for a decolonial just transition: "Why should we prioritise Western models of development when indigenous knowledge has been protecting and sustaining African ecosystems for centuries?" www.environewsnigeria.com/can-africa-r...
Can Africa re-imagine climate justice by breaking free from green capitalism trap? - EnviroNews - latest environment news, climate change, renewable energy
In Hamouchene’s “Green Colonialism and Environmental Orientalism”, the author critiques how green capitalism, under the banner of a “just transition,” is often an effort to rebrand profit, further ent...
www.environewsnigeria.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
interesting read on green colonialism & the need for a decolonial just transition: "Why should we prioritise Western models of development when indigenous knowledge has been protecting and sustaining African ecosystems for centuries?" www.environewsnigeria.com/can-africa-r...
Useful resource from @agroecology.bsky.social about improving the environment for #agroecology in and through the #COPs for the #UNCBD Convention on Biodiversity, #UNFCCC on #climate change & UNCCD Combating Desertification agroecology-coalition.org/wp-content/u...
agroecology-coalition.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Useful resource from @agroecology.bsky.social about improving the environment for #agroecology in and through the #COPs for the #UNCBD Convention on Biodiversity, #UNFCCC on #climate change & UNCCD Combating Desertification agroecology-coalition.org/wp-content/u...
I have long admired Belo Horizonte, Brazil's commitment to delivering on the #righttofood and supporting #agroecology. Nice to see that the #foodsecurity programmes in Brazil continue to evolve to combat diet-related diseases from ultra-processed foods www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
Brazil’s bold food policies highlight South Africa’s missed opportunities in school nutrition reform.
While Brazil announces stringent restrictions on the inclusion of ultra-processed foods in school meals, South Africa’s education department, responsible for the National School Nutrition Programme (N...
www.dailymaverick.co.za
March 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I have long admired Belo Horizonte, Brazil's commitment to delivering on the #righttofood and supporting #agroecology. Nice to see that the #foodsecurity programmes in Brazil continue to evolve to combat diet-related diseases from ultra-processed foods www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
pcfs.global/dotl2025/ Lots of interesting activities planned in the lead up to the day of the landless #foodsovereignty
Day of the Landless 2025: Peasants rise for land! Assert our rights to our resources, reclaim our food systems! - People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty
Join the DOTL 2025 Campaign Call on March 14 to learn more: bit.ly/DOTL2025CampaignCall The Campaign Call aims to unite the organizers’ members and network on this year’s DOTL campaign – its objective...
pcfs.global
March 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
pcfs.global/dotl2025/ Lots of interesting activities planned in the lead up to the day of the landless #foodsovereignty
#indigenous seed guardians play a critical role in #climate resilience & the protection of #biodiversity. We need to support #agroecology & let go of industrial monoculture production for #foodsovereignty www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/w...
Why It’s Time to Bring Back Seed Guardians: The Race to Save Indigenous Seeds
Indigenous seeds hold the key to food security and climate resilience — so why aren’t we using them more? Here’s how seed guardians are stepping in.
www.globalcitizen.org
March 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
#indigenous seed guardians play a critical role in #climate resilience & the protection of #biodiversity. We need to support #agroecology & let go of industrial monoculture production for #foodsovereignty www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/w...
I agree that assessment tools should not commodify nature or reduce #agroecology to a few practices. They should promote systemic & holistic thinking for transformative change www.agroecology-europe.org/telling-the-...
Telling the stories of agroecology: How can assessment tools support it? • Agroecology Europe
On 10 January 2025, Agroecology Europe and FAO teamed up to reflect on how measuring agroecology fosters the agroecological transition with delegates of the Oxford Real Farming Conference. Authors: Vi...
www.agroecology-europe.org
March 5, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I agree that assessment tools should not commodify nature or reduce #agroecology to a few practices. They should promote systemic & holistic thinking for transformative change www.agroecology-europe.org/telling-the-...
This article lays it out clear and simple, but how many times do we have to keep saying the same thing? Even Nobel laureates don't seem to have gotten the message yet that hunger is about inequality and injustice, not food shortages. Sigh theconversation.com/only-politic... #agroecology #foodjustice
Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it
Massive political efforts are needed to tackle the root causes of hunger – conflict, poverty, inequality. Technology alone is not sufficient.
theconversation.com
February 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This article lays it out clear and simple, but how many times do we have to keep saying the same thing? Even Nobel laureates don't seem to have gotten the message yet that hunger is about inequality and injustice, not food shortages. Sigh theconversation.com/only-politic... #agroecology #foodjustice
African small-scale farmers keep demanding support for #agroecology which supports autonomy & #foodsovereignty, yet governments & donors push industrial agriculture & dangerous technologies africanarguments.org/2025/01/two-...
Two decades on, Africa's agricultural vision remains unfulfilled | African Arguments
While CAADP has led to some positives, its top-down approach has undermined its urgent transformative potential.
africanarguments.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
African small-scale farmers keep demanding support for #agroecology which supports autonomy & #foodsovereignty, yet governments & donors push industrial agriculture & dangerous technologies africanarguments.org/2025/01/two-...
Interesting attempt by california to define #regenerative agriculture. I'd like to see support for #agroecology, but at least it's a step towards supporting a transition towards a more sustainable #foodsystem civileats.com/2025/02/05/c...
California Decides What ‘Regenerative Agriculture’ Means. Sort of.
A new definition for an old way of farming may help California soil, but it won’t mean organic.
civileats.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Interesting attempt by california to define #regenerative agriculture. I'd like to see support for #agroecology, but at least it's a step towards supporting a transition towards a more sustainable #foodsystem civileats.com/2025/02/05/c...
My article on indigenous-inspired alternative food systems w/ Sinegugu Zukulu of Sustaining the Wild Coast is now online. 'Traditional foodways of the Amadiba: a struggle for indigenous food sovereignty in Mpondoland, South Africa. Free download journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/...
Traditional foodways of the Amadiba: A struggle for indigenous food sovereignty in Mpondoland, South Africa
We argue that an "actually existing alternative" to the industrial food system can be found in the Amadiba community in South Africa. Like other indigenous food systems, Amadiba traditional foodways a...
journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu
February 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
My article on indigenous-inspired alternative food systems w/ Sinegugu Zukulu of Sustaining the Wild Coast is now online. 'Traditional foodways of the Amadiba: a struggle for indigenous food sovereignty in Mpondoland, South Africa. Free download journals.librarypublishing.arizona.edu/jpe/article/...
