Los logros de los movimientos de nuevxs agricultorxs en la última década son ejemplares. Sin embargo, los desafíos en cuanto al acceso a la tierra continúan amenazando con llevar las aspiraciones más audaces de estxs futurxs agricultorxs a un callejón sin salida. La raíz del problema reside en las reglas legales, culturales y sociales que gobiernan nuestro enfoque de la propiedad, en cuanto a cómo se regula y cómo esta se transfiere. En el “norte…

The achievements of beginning farmer movements of the last decade are exemplary, but land access challenges continue to threaten to dead-end the bolder aspirations of would be farmers. At the very root of the problem are the legal, cultural and social rules that govern our sense of property—what it is, how it is governed and how it is transferred. In the “Global North” strong ideological commitment to the virtues of private property make visioning alternative…

Pandemics heed an ancestral warning in the United States, harking back to when too many Indigenous people were killed due to smallpox. That memory was especially acute for tribal regions across the United States with the onset of COVID-19. While many Tribal regions were quick to close their communities, many of them especially in the Southwest were still the hardest hit. Farmers, re-focused on ensuring good food was reaching elders and the most vulnerable, while…

Do we even have a right to be hopeful? With political and ecological fires raging all around, is it irresponsible to imagine a future world radically better than our own? A world of healed ecosystems? Of food sovereignty and equal access to land? A world where governments fear the people instead of the other way around?

These are questions that Naomi Klein and Nnimmo Bassey wrestled with when they conceived of a sequel to last year's…

Únase al equipo de ORFC Global y al cantante folclórico del Reino Unido, Sam Lee, para una breve sesión plenaria de cierre (15 minutos)

Para aquellos que quieran cantar junto con la canción final, aquí está la letra.

One May morning early I chanced for to roam
And strolled through the field by the side of the grove.
It was there I did hear the harmless birds sing,
And you never heard…

Please join the ORFC Global team and UK folksinger, Sam Lee, for a brief closing plenary (15 minutes)

For those who would like to sing along with the final song here are the lyrics.

One May morning early I chanced for to roam
And strolled through the field by the side of the grove.
It was there I did hear the harmless birds sing,
And you never heard so sweet,
and…

La base de cualquier sistema alimentario agroecológico es un título de propiedad de la tierra seguro, especialmente para los agricultores y pastores desplazados de tierras ancestrales y vulnerables a la apropiación de tierras. Esta sesión explorará los derechos a la tierra y el acceso a la tierra para los productores agroecológicos. Exploraremos las experiencias indígenas y campesinas, especialmente desde la perspectiva de los jóvenes interesados en buscar un medio de vida agrícola. La sesión contará…