The looming environmental dangers of massive deployment of digitalization and unleashing AI are being effectively ignored by the UN Summit of the Future taking place in New York on 22-23 September 2024 [1]. Giant technology companies are using the summit to position themselves as the tech saviours who will solve the world crises, with final versions of the text concealing the stark impact of their activities on the planet’s environment.
WE, the more than 400 delegates, comprised of farmers, youth, women, entrepreneurs, researchers, CSOs, and policy actors, attending the Tripartite Event on African Agroecological Entrepreneurship, the Harare Seed and Food Festival, and the 5th Biennial Food System Celebration held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 11th to 14th September 2024, under the theme ‘Celebrating Our Healthy African Food Heritage’, hereby make this ‘Harare Declaration of Commitment and Call to Action’ for advancing agroecology and agroecological entrepreneurship in Africa.
Have you ever thought about the value of soil? It covers 30% of the earth’s surface. It supports all of our ecosystems, from farms and grazing land to rainforests and the vast northern taiga. It contains more carbon than the earth’s atmosphere and all its plant biomass combined. The amount of fresh water in soil that’s available to grow plants is 100 times greater than all the world’s lakes, rivers, and wetlands put together. Soil connects the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. And 95% of the food we eat is dependent on it, making soil the single most important resource for agriculture to feed the world.
How we produce, distribute and consume food are critical issues for the health and wellbeing of animals, people and the planet. A brand-new book, Regenerative Farming & Sustainable Diets gathers some of the world’s best thinkers to share solutions. Pre-order your book now.
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I have read with great interest the article, 'Regenerative Grazing is overhyped as a climate solution', by Dr Jonathan Foley, published on August 15th. I deeply regret having to contradict such unprofessional work doing great damage to all of humanity as we face global biodiversity loss and desertification fueling climate change. I daily work with small rural family farmers that are in the frontlines of dealing with extreme climatic changes and their effects.
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The immigrants who come here make enormous sacrifices, separating from their families for long stretches, missing important family milestones, even sickness and death, to work for OUR food system at jobs that many citizens are unwilling to do.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today awarded an additional $9.7 million for 13 grant projects through the Organic Market Development Grant (OMDG) program, bringing the total amount awarded through the program to $85 million.
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