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Famine Prevention can only be achieved when people have the knowledge and tools to feed themselves.
Regenerative agriculture is by definition sustainable, using easily available and affordable techniques instead of expensive petroleum-based chemical fertilizers and herbicides. The Rodale Institute teaches methods such as using cover crops, crop rotation and composting to people throughout the world, helping to transform poor soil into productive farms.
“Organic farming and biodiversity are key factors for resisting climate change to lessen its food-production impact,” says Amadou Makhtar Diop, international projects coordinator for the Institute.
- RESEARCH REVIEW: Famine Solution….through an Organic Green Revolution
- Calls mount for shift from commodity outlook to organic, community orientation.
- Amidst the daily chaos of running a research farm, one industrious intern—with help from his mentors—finds time for his own experiment.
- Winne shows how our food system is land-mined with deep injustices that we are almost inured to, and challenges us to think again about how we do food in this country, so that all may find healthy food that is not dependent on class status.
- Regenerative farming practices, local knowledge and regionally appropriate technology favored over biotech and industrial agriculture.
- Consortium of partners targeting famine prevention calls for biological farming methods that put the small farmer and the soil front and center. Several document authors take issue with article focusing a few dissenters rather than the big picture.
