Webinar Overview This is Part 1 of my main take-aways from listening to the Food Secure Canada webinar on Agroecology: Integrating Science, Practice, and Social Justice. If you missed it- you can still watch the recording online and see the pdf of slides here. One point made during the webinar is…
This Thing Called Permaculture Permaculture was a term first coined in the 1970’s by Bill Mollison and David Holmgren to describe techniques they believed supported a more permanent form of agriculture. There is plenty of information available on the web that can provide more information on the history of permaculture…
What is it? A simplistic definition of agroforestry is a sustainable land management system that offers production practices that intentionally integrate trees, crops, and/or livestock. Agroforestry became formerly recognized as a science in the 1970s, but the practices are rooted in traditional farming practices and indigenous knowledge from around the…
What is it? A scientific field focused on practices that are sustainable alternatives to mainstream industrial agriculture. Rather than solely focusing on production efficiency and financial profit it is a more holistic approach that takes into consideration social and cultural factors as well as an ecosystem approach to agricultural and…