Farmer Portrait #3: Dirk Borgman from the Netherlands
Interview conducted by Robbie Dubbelman For this Farmer Portrait we will be going somwhere a bit closer to where the ASEED Office is located: The Netherlands. The farmer I interviewed is Dirk … verder lezen
Reading group report #7 – Decolonising de-growth
In this reading group we continued the discussion around degrowth, this time with a particular focus on avoiding neo-colonial practices within a degrowth framework. As the term degrowth is invented in Europe, … verder lezen
New bi-monthly theme
The Common Agricultural Policy – A problem with potential for progress Yet again we are closing a chapter of the ASEED bi-monthly themes and we are moving on from degrowth which has … verder lezen
Farmer Portrait #2: Francesca from Italy
Interview conducted and translated by Isabella de Judicibus. This is our second post in a weekly series called “Farmers Portraits.” We decided to take a look at the different ways in which … verder lezen
Farmer Portrait #1: Freddy Cordero from Costa Rica
Interview conducted by Robbie Dubbelman. Translation done by Joselyn Cordero Jirón. This is our first post in a weekly series called “Farmer Portraits.” We decided to take a look at the different … verder lezen
ESC Position available for Fossil Free Agriculture Campaign- Apply Now!
Do you have an affinity with activism, grass-roots organising, or campaigning on agriculture and food issues, as well as social justice? Are you concerned about climate change? Would you like to change … verder lezen
ASEED Podcast 3.0: Degrowth with Giuseppe Feola
“When the ordinary language in use is inadequate to articulate what begs to be articulated, then it is time for a new vocabulary.” The ASEED podcast is back!!! With a third episode, this time related … verder lezen
European Patent Office gives green light to prohibit patents on plants and animals
Enlarged Board of Appeal agrees with restrictive interpretation of patent law. Patents on plants and animals derived from conventional breeding can be fully prohibited in Europe. This is the result of a … verder lezen
Reading Group report #6 – Degrowth
Reading Group Article // Degrowth // 29.04.2020 Degrowth: A Vocabulary for a New Era Imaginaries of Hope: The Utopianism of Degrowth In this reading group we were talking about the revolutionary topic: … verder lezen
Intersectionality statement
ASEED’s commitment to embed intersectionality as an organising principle “The cause of the majority is the cause for all of us! It is all of our humanity that we seek to recover, … verder lezen