Incluir árboles en el manejo de granjas brinda oportunidades para prepararlas contra los futuros efectos del cambio climático global. Los eventos climáticos extremos se están volviendo más frecuentes en todo el mundo. El 60 % de las granjas comerciales del Reino Unido se han visto afectadas por un clima extremo durante los últimos 10 años. La degradación y pérdida del suelo son evidentes a medida que los inviernos húmedos arrastran la tierra vegetal hacia los…

Opening plenary with speakers and farmers from around the world.

Un panel de organizaciones de agricultorxs de primera línea compartirán sus estrategias para superar los desafíos del COVID y brindar alimentos saludables producidos agroecológicamente para sistemas alimentarios urbanos y rurales. 

With global hunger likely to double as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, the need for food systems transformation has never been more urgent. Across five continents, Agroecology Fund partners have been on the frontlines of relief efforts, mobilizing powerful grassroots networks to strengthen long-term food security and resilience. The Agroecology Fund launched an Emergency Fund to support 59 such community-led responses to Covid-19. A panel of grassroots organizations will share their strategies to provide…

Including trees in farm management offers opportunities to future-proof our farms against the effects of global climate change. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent throughout the world. 60% of UK farm businesses have been affected by severe weather over the last 10 years. Soil degradation and loss are evident as wet winters carry our topsoil onto roads. Annually, flood damage costs the farming sector £1.9 billion, with a rise to £2.4 billion expected by…

At last year’s World Food Day, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced that he would convene a UN Food Systems Summit in the fall of 2021. Little did anyone know that the stakes would become so acute so fast. The COVID-19 pandemic has quickly become a hunger crisis. At this moment of upheaval, what gets decided in the next few years will determine the path for global food governance for decades to come. Guterres‘s goal…

En el Día Mundial de la Alimentación del año pasado, el secretario general de la ONU António Guterres anunció que convocaría una Cumbre sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios de la ONU en el otoño del 2021. No nos imaginábamos que los desafíos serían tan grandes tan rápido. La pandemia de COVID-19 se convirtió rápidamente en una crisis alimentaria. En estos momentos turbulentos, lo que se decida en unos pocos años determinará el camino de la gobernanza…

Biodiversity is critical to sustainable farming. Evidence from long-term field experiments (50 – 170 years) suggest that the central relationship between microbes, organic carbon and soil structure determines soil system performance. Detailed work at Rothamsted led by Prof. Andrew Neal is demonstrating the strong relationship between organic carbon, structure and the hydrodynamic behaviour of soil. Among other sources, farmyard manure plays an important role in managing soil systems. The experiments also demonstrate significantly higher levels…

Frances Moore Lappe’s bestselling book, Diet for a Small Planet was published in 1971 and taught America the social and personal significance of a new way of eating. Today, it remains just as relevant, exploring such critical themes as the connection between food and democracy.

Sharing her personal evolution and how this groundbreaking book changed her own life, world-renowned food expert Frances Moore Lappé offers ORFC delegates the opportunity to share in her experiences of…