Neoliberalism and the making of food politics in California. Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2008, Pages 1171–1183 Rethinking Economy.
Food Secure Canada. La mobilisation carotte, ou comment donner sens à ses dépenses. Donner du sens à ses dépenses sans se sentir menacé par un discours moralisateur, telle est l'ambition des "Mobilisations Carotte", ou "Carrotmob" dont le nombre ne cesse de se multiplier en France depuis quelques semaines.
Un viticulteur bio poursuivi pour avoir refusé de traiter ses ceps. Après la découverte de foyers près de Beaune, le préfet a imposé en juin 2013 de traiter tous les vignobles du département contre la cicadelle, l'insecte qui répand la maladie.
Viticulteur en biodynamie, Emmanuel Giboulot s'y est refusé sur les dix hectares qu'il exploite en Côte de Beaune et Haute-Côte de Nuits. Même à la pyréthrine, pesticide naturel. Pour lui, tous les traitements vont à l'encontre des «équilibres biologiques», principe fondamental de la biodynamie qu'il applique depuis les années 1970.
J-PAL@TEN: WELCOME. Ten years ago, J-PAL started with just a few people and a bold idea: a vision for generating evidence that could be translated into action to improve the lives of the poor.
Today we are celebrating the first ten years of J-PAL, reflecting on the progress that has been made, the challenges that remain, and the human stories that connect the different parts of J-PAL’s work. J-PAL is not about any one person, one breakthrough research project, or one policy change based on evidence. Instead, we are celebrating the collective efforts of a network of researchers, staff, and partner organizations who are united by the belief that better evidence can lead to better policies. New Ways of Working and Organization: Alternative Agrifood Movements and Agrifood Researchers. Utiliser la Permaculture pour se libérer de notre société de Consommation. Déc82013 Qu’elle est belle notre Société !
Que devez-vous faire aujourd’hui ? Comme tout le monde vous devez aller travailler pour gagner votre vie. TEDxParis 2011 - Pierre Rabhi - Y a-t-il une vie avant la mort ? Too Poor for Organic? Raise the Minimum Wage. How many times have we heard it?
"Organic food is great for those who can afford it, but not an option for most of us. " This simplistic adage is applied to most proposals that question the cheap, processed food that is the cornerstone of this country's epidemic of diet-related diseases. 26 Films Every Food Activist Must Watch. Films and short videos are a powerful way of increasing awareness of and interest in the food system.
With equal parts technology and artistry, filmmakers can bring an audience to a vegetable garden in Uganda, a fast food workers’ rights protest in New York City, or an urban farm in Singapore. And animation can help paint a picture of what a sustainable, just, and fair food system might look like. Film is an incredible tool for effecting change through transforming behaviors and ways of thinking. There are many incredible films educating audiences about changes being made – or that need to be made – in the food system.
23 Mobile Apps Changing the Food System. There are currently more than one billion smartphones in use across the world – and that figure is projected to double by 2015.
As the use of “smart” mobile devices continues to grow, apps have become an incredibly effective way of providing information and resources to a wide audience. An increase in smartphone use happens to coincide with the growth of a consumer demand for more sustainable food – “organic,” “locally grown,” “seasonal,” and “pesticide-free” are becoming more and more common in the vernacular of food sales. In the United States alone, annual sales of organic foods and beverages grew from US$6 billion in 2000 to US$26.7 billion in 2010. And there are nearly three times as many farmers markets in the United States today as there were in 2000. 26 Films Every Food Activist Must Watch. Guerrilla Gardening: A Manualfesto.
Food Justice Movements: Policy, Planning, and. Green Growing. City Fresh Foods CEO Glynn Lloyd (CAS’90) showed a natural flair for entrepreneurship while still in high school, when he made $100,000 with a landscaping business.
Photos by Melody Komyerov Remember lunch in your grade school cafeteria? You may have enjoyed the chicken nuggets and Salisbury steak at the time, but in retrospect, those cheap, processed frozen foods weren’t particularly healthy. The People's Kitchen at COLORS New York. On Friday, October 4th, from 7-9pm, COLORS and The People's Kitchen are joining forces to host a mixer for our fabulous friends and community.
Come share a meal, drink with us, listen to great music and learn about our new collaborative, worker-led restaurant project. The evening will feature a shared meal of tapas and our favorite poets, artists, chefs and culinary troublemakers with sliding-scale entry with a cash bar to back them up! We are a community of restaurant workers, organizers and artists....trust us, we know how to have a good time. Élevage: de la ferme à la maison. Domaine Coquelicots - Conseillers en autosuffisance urbaine et rurale. NeverSeconds. Désobéissance civile autour d'une tomate. Pascal Jean a réalisé une expérience sociale avec son jardin de trottoir. Conflict Kitchen. Food waste is the symptom, not the problem. Foundation essay: This article on food waste by Tim Lang, Professor of Food Policy at City University London, is part of a series marking the launch of The Conversation in the UK. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a wider look at key issues affecting society.
Modern societies have a problem with waste. The entire economy is wasteful, a distortion of needs and wants. It overproduces and we under-consume - that’s what the current financial crisis is about. Debt was dangled in front of us urging us to consume. In food, the lunacy of this situation is visible even more starkly than in economics. NOUVEAU PROJET ? MONTR?AL ** NEW PROJECT IN MONTREAL. Falling Fruit. Les variétés paysannes de blé en voie de disparition. Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par Angela Bolis "Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire, une variété, quand on réfléchit au mot ? " PETITE FERME ENTRE AMIS.ES : CRÉATION D'UNE RUELLE AGRICOLE. Cet été l’intervention de l’École d’été sur l’agriculture urbaine se situera entre du Guerilla Gardening et du Incredible Edible.
Détroit, laboratoire du monde d'après le néolibéralisme - Décroissance forcée. Des trottoirs et des parkings vides longent les vastes avenues. Cinq idées originales pour jardiner sa ville. Le printemps s’est décidé, le soleil est revenu et l’envie vous prend peut-être de mettre les mains dans la terre, de prendre l’air et jardiner, fleurir et planter, repiquer ou que sais-je encore qui permet d’entretenir son lien à la nature… lien si vite oublié quand on vit en milieu urbain.Et comme tout le monde n’a pas la chance d’avoir un balcon ou voilà quelques initiatives et organisations citoyennes auxquelles vous pouvez vous greffer pour jardiner votre ville !
Guerrilla Guardening Image : BanksyCette tribu jardinière opère depuis quelques années déjà un peu partout dans le monde. The Guerrilla Gardening Home Page. Seed Bombs » Future Earth. Much of our built environment, which occupies large areas of our urban world is often neglected. Bhutan set to plough lone furrow as world's first wholly organic country. By shunning all but organic farming techniques, the Himalayan state will cement its status as a paradigm of sustainability Bhutan plans to become the first country in the world to turn its agriculture completely organic, banning the sales of pesticides and herbicides and relying on its own animals and farm waste for fertilisers.
But rather than accept that this will mean farmers of the small Himalayan kingdom of 1.2 million people will be able to grow less food, the government expects them to be able to grow more – and to export increasing amounts of high quality niche foods to neighbouring India, China and other countries. The decision to go organic was both practical and philosophical, said Pema Gyamtsho, Bhutan's minister of agriculture and forests, in Delhi for the annual sustainable development conference last week. "Ours is a mountainous terrain. When we use chemicals they don't stay where we use them, they impact the water and plants. The System of Rice Intensification. Commentary - Trust, not self-sufficiency, will help create a more food-secure world - Global Food for Thought. Beef's Raw Edges.