October 1st is World Vegetarian Day and the kick-off of Vegetarian Awareness Month! The North American Vegetarian Society first created World Vegetarian Day in 1977 to ”promote the joy, compassion and life-enhancing possibilities of vegetarianism.” Exploring vegetarianism has never been easier, with lots of organisations and web sites around to help the curious give it a go. There is [...]
About Cheron Constance
Cheron Constance holds a BA in the Growth and Structure of Cities (USA) and an MSc in Food Policy (UK). Her master's thesis focused on gender and public policy issues related to urban and peri-urban agriculture in the developing world. She has worked for local government and a variety of NGOs in the US, the UK, and Belgium. She is in the urban food strategies work programme of the PUREFOOD Network and makes the best cherry-coconut sorbet you have ever tasted.Trying to go beyond the biotech anti/pro debate
Many developing countries (particularly those in Africa) are being targeted for agricultural investment by donors. This is most famously exemplified by the Rockefeller and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations’ initiative Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). Critics of AGRA, such as AGRA Watch, point to many problems with AGRA’s approach, particularly in projects that fail to incorporate [...]
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