A new short course on agroecology, the future of sustainable food and farming, will soon be available in Suffolk.

Farmers and professionals from India, South Africa, Mexico, Japan, and elsewhere converged on UCSC for the eighth annual International Agroecology Short Course this summer. Forty participants attended ...

Juliano Marques (Postdoc/Torres Lab), delivered a lecture for the Advanced Agroecology course, covering his dissertation topic on “Consumers’ perceived values guiding green food purchases at the ...

MADISON, WI, December 15, 2009 – Economics, environmental impacts, social dynamics, and production levels are all major factors that influence the overall success of an agroecosystem. Positive or ...

As the war in Iran squeezes fertilizer and fuel supplies, there is renewed attention on the vulnerability of global food ...

Agroecology is at a crossroads. The farming system—which is primarily practiced in the developing world but is gaining some traction in the U.S.—incorporates a suite of ecological growing practices ...

The Federal Government of Nigeria has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing organic agriculture, ensuring food security and improving livelihoods in the country.This was the major focus of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Nestled in a verdant valley in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, about a four-hour drive southwest of Bengaluru, the agroecology learning ...

Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) has been organizing landless families to occupy, settle, and farm throughout the country since the dictatorship ended in 1985. Agroecology–a highly sustainable ...