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The EU Has the Funds but Lacks Focus – This Farm Shows What’s Possible with Both

Organic farming has long been hailed as the poster child for sustainable agriculture. But as the EU organic sector becomes increasingly industrialised, cracks are beginning to appear. How can we weed out the weaknesses in the current model and transition to diversified, resilient systems? Seeds4All visited the Bergerie de Villarceaux, a pioneering farm through the decades, in the hope of gleaning lessons from the past for the organic farmers of tomorrow. By Adèle Pautrat and Natasha Foote. […]

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The Power of Diversity & Community-Managed Natural Farming – The Future of Agriculture Comes From India

Crop diversification to improve the soil microbiome is key to the approach of the Andhra Pradesh Community-Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) movement. After soil to bread in Portugal, the Seeds4All project continues its exploration of agronomic models rooted in interspecies cooperation as a path to sustainability, with a report from south-eastern India. In March a small Weltacker delegation visited Andhra Pradesh. Benny Haerlin reports.  […]