Andreatta talks about the “Victory gardens” or “War gardens” in the US during the two world wars. During the wars people were encouraged to grow food on whatever free space they had to provide food, both to feed their communities Read More …

 Snyder and Cullen give an overview of some of the issues of agricultural intensification in Africa. While many projects have ostensibly moved away from a top-down approach and towards “sustainable” intensification they still operate under Western ideas of progress and Read More …

Otten discusses how privatization in the early 2000’s has affected grape growers and vineyards in Macedonia. Neoliberal policies have widened the gap between big and small growers and creating what growers call the “wine mafia”. The close connection between powerful Read More …

Brewster Kneen writes about Cargill, the largest private US business and largest agribusiness worldwide. In spite of its alleged support of “free-trade” policies Cargill owes its continued existence in large part to the US agricultural subsidies of the past 60 Read More …

Zlolniski explores the environmental and political effects of the fresh produce export market in San Quintín Valley in Baja, CA in Mexico. Intensive export agriculture is generally encouraged by neoliberal economists as a way to increase economic growth and employment Read More …