Slow Food promotes agroecology as the agriculture of the future 3 August 2021
project was successfully completed
By spreading agroecological practices and strengthening farmers’ knowledge of agroecological farming, the project “Building Local Economies in East Africa Through Agroecology”, funded by the
Throughout 18 (plus 4 of extension due to the Coronavirus) intense months of activities, the Slow Food network supported the development and strengthening of agroecological food systems as key to future food security, improving knowledge and communication on agroecology and including agroecology in policy frameworks. Remarkable results have been obtained, despite the difficulties encountered also due to the worldwide emergency of Coronavirus.
«The activities that have unfolded during the project were focused in particular on training local producers on the potential of agroecology in the local food system, not only by working in the field through collaboration with tec
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Agroecology as key for the future: building local economies in East Africa 25 May 2021
The positive impact of agroecological practices and their environmental, socio-cultural, health and economic benefits is highlighted in three interesting case studies from the “Building Local Economies in East Africa through Agroecology” project, funded by the Agroecology Fund and launched by Slow Food in collaboration with its local networks in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The Slow Food project which ended in February 2021, was led by local networks in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Throughout 18 intense months of activities, the Slow Food network supported the development of agroecological food systems as key to future food security, improving knowledge and communication on agroecology and including agroecology in policy frameworks.
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021
Time: 12:00 PM
On
Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. (EDT), the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources will host a virtual, fully remote legislative hearing titled, “
Restoring Abandoned Mine Lands, Local Economies, and the Environment,” including the following bills and other related measures.
Community Reclamation Partnerships Act
Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2021 or the
RECLAIM Act of 2021
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act Amendments of 2021
The hearing will take place on the Cisco WebEx platform and will be livestreamed on the Committee’s Facebook and YouTube pages.
Witness List
It s strawberry season. James and I are at the Ellis Farms u-pick on Delta s Westham Island, crouching between long rows of the bunchy green plants, plucking the big berries and dropping them gently into small buckets. We imagine their future with cream and in pies. I lick the sweet red juice from my fingers. If I make jam we can have strawberries all year, I say. James asks with what, exactly, I plan to make the jam? Sugar? One of the planet s most exploitative products, shipped in from thousands of kilometres away?
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