Author: NourishingthePlanet

Interview w/ Dena Hoff, co-coordinator in North America for La Via Campesina, talking about their vision of social change, and how the agricultural challenges faced around the world are not always so different from those faced...

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. Between the years of 1975 – 1976, the Cambodian farmer, Name Name, like most farmers in the country during that time, grew vegetables and rice to feed...

In February 2010, writer Fred Bahnson interviewed Gary Paul Nabhan, a lecturer, food and farming advocate, folklorist, and conservationist who lives and farms in the U.S. Southwest. Nabhan discusses climate change, the links...

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet By Alex Tung This interview with Shenggen Fan, Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is part of a regular interview...

Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet. It might feel counterintuitive, but the more varieties of vegetables, plants, and insects that are included in a garden, the less vulnerable any single crop...