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Food Systems
Prop. 37 defeated
As California suffers the defeat of its GM labelling initiative, we look at the lessons that can be learnt from this David and Goliath ba...
The end of UK harvest…
The end of October is the traditional end of Harvest in the UK. Except this year, there was very little to celebrate. Harvest, as we know...
Made in Dagenham
This inspiring film introduces Growing Communities, a not for profit community-led project in Dagenham that produces healthy, local and a...
Food rules without fossil fuels
If we're producing more than enough food, where is it all going? Watch this short animation by Marija Jacimovic based upon Michael Pollan...
Common Agricultural Policy
The Dutch Youth Food Movement have put together a series of videoblogs examining different aspects of the Common Agricultural Policy and ...
The people’s summit
SFT blogger, Pavlos Georgiadis, talks to Dr Vandana Shiva about the importance of young people, en route to the People's Summit at Rio +20
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...