3 key learnings for seed sovereignty in the global South
What’s happening with seeds in the global South? After the cancellation of the Reclaim the Seeds this year, ASEED decided to connect with seed custodians from the global South and combine with recent research including front-line indigenous and/or peasant … verder lezen
The climate uprising in Europe
During Spring 2020 many events, protests and climate camps were cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which was and is all over the news. The pandemic is anything but over and we … verder lezen
The Lutkemeer Polder and Boterbloem Farm – A Space for Urban Food Autonomy?
With a globally rising urban population1, how to feed the cities has become of increasing concern. The question of how to feed a larger amount of people, however, often leads to technocratic solutions that speak … verder lezen
ASEED Podcast 4.0: CAP with Verena & Stanka from Good Food Good Farming and Friends of the Earth Europe
ASEED Podcast 4.0 The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with Verena (Good Food Good Farming) & Stanka (Friends of the Earth Europe) Do you want to learn why it is essential to change … verder lezen
MSc Thesis about the Lutkemeerpolder
One of the ASEED interns conducted an in-depth study on the history of the Lutkemeerpolder as a Master Thesis research for the programme of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University (Faculty of Geosciences). … verder lezen
Reflections on action in the Lutkemeerpolder
Mowing grass and arresting activists The struggle to keep the Lutkemeerpolder in its current state – as a fertile ground for agriculture and community– has been going on for many … verder lezen
The Common Agriculture Policy – and where grassroots organisations all around see potential for change!
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is one of the oldest EU’s policies. After more than a decade of post-World War II food shortages and hunger, it was introduced in 1962 to increase … verder lezen
Black lives matter and the importance of taking down statues
With the brutal killing of George Floyd, we saw a lot of Black Lives Matter protests happening recently. We as ASEED support these protests, and believe racist behaviour by police officers in … verder lezen
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