Organic production, sustainable farming methods, and agroecological practices.
The film follows a woman with no salary and no decision-making authority on an organic farm at the Yangtze River estuary. After bearing multiple physical and emotional labours, she loses her hometown, her mother, and the farm in turn — then leads the last cow into the reed flat.
Under the Rice Tariffication Law and the impact of imported rice, smallholders on Mindanao in the Philippines face falling paddy purchase prices and high retail rice prices. They are turning to breeding and agroecology to seek food autonomy.
Last April, I arrived at Baicao Garden through Foodthink’s ecological agriculture internship programme. In Wule Town, Guigang City, Guangxi Province, where we were based, almost everything outside of Baicao Garden is chemical-based agriculture. On the drive into town, the sight of people spraying herbicides is a constant presence. I remember…
Social enterprise “Muyunpo”, rooted in Xiaojin County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan, organises Jiarong Tibetan region villagers to independently forage matsutake, free-graze yaks and grow apples, returning sales surplus to villagers’ groups at year-end. Yunhui and Xixi share how they found a different path.
A-Wei, founder of Qing Ya’er, reflects on the three circumstances behind its founding, how unpaid submissions from food and agriculture practitioners and reader sponsorships keep it financially balanced, and its inspiration for food and agriculture practices across the Taiwan Strait.
I. The Seed Bottleneck In Guzhai Yao Township, Mashan County, north of Nanning, farmers’ incomes had soared thanks to growing chayote seedlings, but since last year, they have been plunged into a crisis: they have no seeds to plant. Guangxi experienced several bouts of extreme rainfall in 2024. In Mashan…
Cat Alliance is turning a cornfield in Heshun, Shanxi, into a bond between North China leopards, villagers, and urban audiences through ecological agriculture without chemical fertilisers or pesticides – exploring a new path for conservation and community coexistence.
This position paper, drafted at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin, calls for ending transnational corporations’ monopoly over seeds and land, rebuilding food production through agroecology, and incorporating food sovereignty into the international human rights framework.
During a Foodthink internship, an anthropology postgraduate visits over a dozen ecological farms: five mu of hand-tended polytunnels, eighty mu of mechanised open fields, food-forest-style Guiling and Baicaoyuan — seeing new farmers, beyond chemical fertilisers and pesticides, forge cultivation and dwelling with weed-like freedom.
Since January this year, the US has faced widespread egg shortages due to avian flu. Because of the scarcity, many supermarkets have introduced purchase limits, and stockouts have become frequent. Meanwhile, egg prices have soared. Americans, accustomed to cheap eggs every day, have been voicing their frustration. This scene feels…
