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Food Systems
United in diversity
Patrick Holden, Founder of the Sustainable Food Trust, speaks from Rio +20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
En route to Rio+20
SFT founder Patrick Holden is en route to Rio+20. He's formed some strong ideas about the proceedings yet remains hopeful that it may pla...
Planting in abandoned lots
Urban Roots is a timely and inspiring film that speaks to a nation grappling with collapsed industrial towns and the need to forge a sust...
Nomadic pastoralism
Patrick was fortunate enough to attend a gathering of 26 tribes of nomadic pastoralists in a remote part of Northern Kenya. What can noma...
The uncertain future of GM
With the US Food and Drug Administration’s current consideration of whether a giant GM Salmon is fit for human consumption, GM foods are ...
Greening the desert
SEKEM is a biodynamic community project which over the last 35 years has transformed thousands of acres of virgin desert into fertile soi...