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Agroecology

Vatican Statement on Climate Change Castigates Industrial Agriculture

ndchance 19 June, 2015 Vatican Statement on Climate Change Castigates Industrial Agriculture2015-06-19T20:08:33+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
On Thursday, June 18th, the Vatican released to the public  its long awaited official statement on climate change, titled Laudito Si. Taking the austere life of St. Francis of...
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Agroecology

System of Rice Intensification in Karnataka India

ndchance 19 February, 2015 System of Rice Intensification in Karnataka India2015-02-19T20:01:21+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
In this short video from Karnataka, India, the narrator explains why the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is such an important innovation for many rice farmers. It produces higher...
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Agroecology

American Anthropological Association Reports on Climate Change

ndchance 12 February, 2015 American Anthropological Association Reports on Climate Change2015-02-12T20:32:26+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
The American Anthropological Association (AAA) has released its comprehensive report on the relationship between human societies and climate change. After three years of study by the Global Climate Change...
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SRI/SCI India

“Bumper Harvest” Expected in Tamil Nadu from System of Rice Intensification

ndchance 16 January, 2015 “Bumper Harvest” Expected in Tamil Nadu from System of Rice Intensification2015-01-16T20:32:43+00:00 SRI/SCI India No Comment
A journalist from the Hindu newspaper has reported that rice farmers in India’s southernmost state are expecting a “bumper harvest” as a result of adopting the System of Rice...
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Agroecology

Coal not the development solution needed by India’s poor

ndchance 18 November, 2014 Coal not the development solution needed by India’s poor2015-01-15T20:05:22+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
The New York Times reported today that India plans to double its reliance on coal power over the next five years. The country already extracts 565 million tons of...
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Agroecology

“GMOs and the Pesticide Treadmill”

ndchance 27 January, 2014 “GMOs and the Pesticide Treadmill”2015-01-15T20:06:46+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
In a recent webinar hosted by , Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, a senior scientist and director of the Grassroots Science Program at Pesticide Action Network, told us all about the ecological...
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SRI/SCI India

SRI/SCI featured on the Food Tank blog!

ndchance 21 January, 2014 SRI/SCI featured on the Food Tank blog!2015-01-15T22:19:16+00:00 SRI/SCI India No Comment
Today, the folks over at Food Tank posted a short piece about the System of Crop Intensification (SRI/SCI), a set of agricultural principles and practices used by small farmers...
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Agroecology

Kroul Farms, Farming the Family Way

thesecondchance 18 September, 2013 Kroul Farms, Farming the Family Way2015-01-15T22:18:18+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
Between 2002 and 2007, the total number of farms in the United States increased by 4 percent, the first increase in the number of farms since 1935. A growing...
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Thinking About Crisis: Talking About Solutions

thesecondchance 6 December, 2012 Thinking About Crisis: Talking About Solutions2015-01-15T20:07:50+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
Since 2008, crisis has been constantly among us, and everywhere we go it is being proclaimed by all. Europe, the United States and others are facing continued economic crisis....
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