Agroecology is knowledge intensive, not input intensive, but agricultural development over the last century has steadily undermined farmer knowledges by creating technological ‘lock-ins’ and ‘top down’ research models.

This panel will gather perspectives from those who are resisting this trend by ‘hacking’ the current system for a more equitable and (bio)diverse food system. This includes networks of farmers doing trials on their own land, ‘Farm Hacks’ for building tools and skills to maximise farmer autonomy, and CSAs involving members in fieldbased research. The aim of the session will be to get a clearer sense of who is currently doing this work but also what support is needed to out-scale existing efforts.