Land sparing is a seductive story. Farmers become more productive. We need less land to produce the same amount of food. The land we no longer need can be spared for nature. No need for that tricky la...

As institutions mobilize ambitious land-use transition agendas, dominant policy narratives risk constraining their transformative potential. The land sparing–land sharing (SpSh) framework, introduced ...

Everyone wants more farmers, but it's the landowners that decide who gets to farm. Adam Calo and I on land access and sustainable food. Talking Dirt Ep. 13.

This article explores how the invocation of property serves as a key legitimizing practice for contemporary right-wing social movements within agri-food syst...

Extreme droughts are expected to test the resilience of agricultural systems, and agricultural diversification is often proposed as a strategy to buffer farms against climatic stress. However, there i...

This article explores how the invocation of property serves as a key legitimizing practice for contemporary right-wing social movements within agri-food syst...

This paper is the framing paper for our impressive special feature on Land and Sustainable Food Transformations. The authors delve deep into how the dominant exclusionary private property regime can m...

Podcast Episode · The Daily · August 5 · 31m

Some claim that higher agricultural productivity is necessary to protect biodiversity. But such an approach can be counterproductive.

This article explores how the invocation of property serves as a key legitimizing practice for contemporary right-wing social movements within agri-food syst...

Urban food system transformation requires new interfaces between citizens, policymakers, and producers. This paper examines how multifunctional farms can ado...

The Prospect has obtained a fundraising pitch and historical manifesto from inside the movement.

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About this time last year, I wrote a post about Texas and California. The two populous American states are often held up against one another to make a simple point: a deregulated and ‘abundan…

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Podcast Episode · Agroecology Uprooted · April 28 · 31m

From Scotland to Cartagena to Sacramento, its increasingly clear land relations must change

Scientists say it's clear that glyphosate weed killers harm human health

While the benefits of crop diversity are known, doubts remain as to whether replacing cereals in rotations reduces nutrient production. A comparison of 16 long-term field experiments across Europe sho...

Are Waffle Houses or garden cities the future of food?

The company says it told the White House that it would take Roundup off the market if it didn’t get reassurances about MAHA’s ire for the industry.