Peasant agriculture
The situation post- food riots demands our attention. Agro-fuel versus food production, GMO versus biodiversity, major international exporters versus small local farmers, constraints of commercial monopolies versus exercise of civil democracy, famine and dependence versus safety and food self-sufficiency, financial speculation versus vital assistance, soil and water pollution versus agro-ecology, land speculation and expropriations versus access to the land for habitation : these opposing choices directly concern poor communities and the future of all humanity, rural and urban alike. Throughout the world, food and farming are now civic issues.
The apple game
Which apple do you prefer? The Golden? The Gala? The Pink Lady? The Granny Smith? But are there only four types of apples? There are 20.000 types of apples but in the supermarket we can only find 4 types :. Apples are not only colours or brands they have their own history: production, transport, distribution… Let’s try to discover it through (...)
