Food Movements, Agroecology and the Future of Farming

Tony Weis, (Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Western Ontario and author of The Global Food Economy: The Battle for the Future of Farming), who addressed the economic and environmental problems of the dominant chemical-industrial food system; Miguel Altieri (Professor of Agroecology at the University of California, Berkeley and author of Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture), who looked at the alternatives offered by ecological, small scale, local and urban farming; and Eric Holt-Giménez (Executive Director of Food First / Institute for Food and Development Policy, and author of Food Movements Unite!: Strategies to transform our food systems) discussed the emergence of food movements from a global perspective, as well as the divisions between North and South, urban and rural.

Tony Weis’ talk at the University of Amersterdam in the Netherlands, on Tuesday 13 December 2011.

Miguel Altieri’s talk at the University of Amersterdam in the Netherlands, on Tuesday 13 December 2011.

Eric Holt-Giménez’s talk at the University of Amersterdam in the Netherlands, on Tuesday 13 December 2011.