Some thoughts on agroecology, social movements, and learning
Building a Movement Ecosystem Capable of Transforming the Food System
This blog is part of a 3-part series originally published in Farming the Future’s journal here. This three-part series explores what it could mean to build a diverse, complex, and interconnected movement around food, farming, and land in the UK. The ideas are rooted in Ali Taherzadeh’s doctoral research on the UK agroecology movement and…
Realising the Vision for Agroecology: Organising Beyond Field Boundaries
This blog post was originally written for the Landworkers’ Alliance blog, read the original here. By Ama Crowe and Alice Taherzadeh The movement for agroecology and food sovereignty has a powerful vision. We’re not just about producing food in ways that don’t mess up the planet, or ensuring everyone can eat well. We’re fighting for…
Living Systems at the Land Skills Fair
For the Land Skills Fair in August 2021, the RLG team facilitated a workshop called If we don’t design systems, we inherit them to create a space for collective exploration of of group organising systems and power dynamics in the agroecology and land movements. Using Navigate’s framework of Living Systems which we had learnt through…
What is Agroecology?
Recently, the terms agroecology and agroecological have been springing up more and more in different contexts. But what is agroecology? And why is it so tricky to define? If you’ve been a bit confused about the meaning of agroecology then don’t worry, you’re not the only one. After I wrote this blogpost, Landworkers’ Alliance in…
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