Rural revitalization, rural infrastructure, social change, and public services.
Rooted in Guangxi rural reconstruction for nearly 20 years, Lao Liu (Huang Guoliang) draws on years beside fellow ecological farmers to discuss bridging two knowledge systems, whether new-generation farmers have returned in heart as well as body, and how training can go beyond imitation to observing and thinking.
Sichuan pepper trees climb from valley to summit; a Shanxi village loses a week’s power to a cold wave — climate change hits rural life in every tree, every unit of electricity. Foodthink and Oxfam (Hong Kong) Beijing Office invite rural social organisations to document on-the-ground climate adaptation experience.
Sao Qie, a Jino guide in Xishuangbanna, leads a group through Jino Mountain to catch fish, eat wrapped dishes and share a Jino song, while ecotourism reshapes village life.
I. An Unexpected Village Party Secretary “Ecological farming?” Fan Hanquan, who had his back to us, suddenly turned around. “I want to try it.” I was slightly surprised. It was 23 February 2022. I remember it so clearly because since I entered E-Ren Valley in 2021, he has been the…
Growing up beside the assembly line and ovens of a small mooncake factory in rural Hunan, I refuse every Mid-Autumn mooncake, reprocessing those cloyingly sweet, scorched memories once more.
Foodthink says On 19 July 2024, James C. Scott, Professor of Political Science at Yale University, passed away. Immediately, a wave of commemorative articles began to re-examine his ideas on peasants and agriculture, everyday resistance, state and society, and anarchism. James Scott began by studying peasant struggles before turning to…
From the 1844 Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers to food and farming practices in Chengdu, Beijing and Taiwan, readers can see how consumer co-operatives and farmers’ co-operatives connect producers and consumers, and explore healthy, fair and sustainable food pathways.
Our guest for this episode of Food Talk, Huang Guoliang, is a veteran rural development worker. Like many of our friends in the field, we are more accustomed to calling him “Lao Liu”. Since dedicating himself to rural reconstruction in 2005, Lao Liu has worked in the countryside for nearly…
While attending a conference in Nanning, we caught up with our old friend, Huang Yajun. A seasoned rural worker born in the 1980s, Yajun has experienced several stages of rural development over the last decade or so—from spontaneous community-led exploration to government-driven poverty alleviation and rural revitalisation. Across various villages,…
On 12 April, a week after the Grain Rain solar term, eastern Sichuan had seen several consecutive rainfalls. This provided relief from the drought that had persisted from the Lunar New Year into March, and the rice seedlings in the fields were nearing the time for transplanting. That afternoon, Yuan…
