Permaculture Research Digest

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Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Wednesday, 14 September 2016

Food sovereignty and feminism (#journal)

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Struggling for food sovereignty in the World March of Women This contribution focuses on how food sovereignty is being re-signified as ...

Rooftop production of vegetables (#journal)

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Rooftop production of leafy vegetables can be profitable and less contaminated than farm-grown vegetables Urban agriculture may solve i...
Thursday, 25 August 2016

Does humus exist? (online)

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The contentious nature of Soil Organic Matter – what is it and why should we care what it is ?   In case you were left scratching your he...

Call for sustainable ag. research funding

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Scientists call for increased federal investment in sustainable agriculture Based on a new analysis of federal funding from the US Dep...
Sunday, 31 July 2016

Urban gardens grow food and biodiversity (online)

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Civic pride 'can help sustain urban biodiversity' The establishment of community gardens in inner city areas can boost social a...
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Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Innovation and research in food and health (Journal, open access until 16th July)

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The framing of innovation among European research funding actors: Assessing the potential for ‘responsible research and innovation’ in the ...

More support for diverse agroecological systems (report)

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From uniformity to diversity:A paradigm shift from industrial agriculture   to diversified agroecological systems    A report from the I...
Monday, 23 May 2016

Climate change impact on the cost of living (report)

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Climate Change Impacts on the Future Cost of Living This new report examines how climate change could affect day to day living costs ...
Monday, 16 May 2016

International guidelines on land governance (report)

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Strengthening Land Governance: Lessons from implementing the Voluntary Guidelines The Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of...
Friday, 6 May 2016

Agro-ecology in Cuba (online)

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The Paradox of Cuban Agriculture When Cuba faced lost trade relations with the Soviet Bloc in the early 1990s, food production collapse...
Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Moving to sustainable eating habits (report)

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Changing what we eat: A call for research & action on widespread adoption of sustainable healthy eating Government leadership and su...
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Food movements as social networks (#journal)

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The food movement in Canada: a social movement network perspective In the Global North, there has been increasing analysis of the ways t...

Creating a small cheese business (book)

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The Small-Scale Cheese Business: The Complete Guide to Running a Successful Farmstead Creamery There has never been a better time to...
Tuesday, 15 April 2014

The Campaign for Real Farming (online)

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Campaign for real farming website 'The Agrarian Renaissance needs new kinds of farms – polycultural, low-input, skills intensive; and...

Scaling up agroecolgy (report)

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Scaling-up agroecological approaches: what, why and how?  The objectives of this paper are: •To contribute to ongoing debates on agroe...
Tuesday, 25 February 2014

The latest news on climate change (website)

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Responding to Climate Change A great site that carries all the latest news on climate change politics, policy and science from around the ...

Developing sustainable food courses for undergrads (#journal)

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Development and Evaluation of an Introductory Course in Sustainable Food and Bioenergy Systems  The purpose of this paper is to describe...

SWOT analysis of rice-duck farming (#journal)

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Theory and reality of integrated rice–duck farming in Asian developing countries: A systematic review and SWOT analysis I ntegrated ric...
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Friday, 17 January 2014

Meat production and global inequality (#journal)

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The meat of the global food crisis The global food crisis runs much deeper than market turbulence; the biophysical contradictions of t...

Alternative food networks (book)

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Alternative Food Networks: Knowledge, Practice and Politics This book reviews the growth of alternative food networks and their strug...