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Tres enfoques de agricultura sostenible y su relación con la naturaleza: una mirada desde Colombia

A principios del 2024, el equipo de MESA llevó a cabo un taller en Colombia. La discusión en este evento abordó las principales similitudes y diferencias en relación con la forma en la que tres enfoques abordan la naturaleza: agricultura orgánica, agroecología y agricultura regenerativa.Camilo Ardila Galvis se unió a MESA en Diciembre de 2023 como parte del equipo de la Universidad de Los Andes (Escuela de Gobierno) en Colombia. Cuenta con un pregrado en Economía, una Maestría en Estudios del Desarrollo y otra Maestría en Agroecología.

A hillside in Medellín with houses sprawled in the valley in the distance and mountains beyond that. Photo by Jan Brennenstuhl via UnSplash.

Three approaches for sustainable agriculture and their relationship with nature: a view from Colombia

In early 2024, the MESA team held a workshop in Colombia. The discussion in the room framed the main similarities and differences in relation to nature for each of three agricultural approaches: organic agriculture, agroecology and regenerative agriculture. Camilo Ardila Galvis joined TABLE in December 2023 as part of the team at the University of the Andes (School of Government) in Colombia. He holds a BA in Economics, MA in Development Studies and MSc in Agroecology.This essay is also available in Spanish.

ag movements

Explorando los flujos y contraflujos de la Agricultura Regenerativa, la Agricultura Orgánica y la Agroecología

Los movimientos regenerativo, orgánico y agroecológico comparten muchas preocupaciones y ofrecen soluciones aparentemente similares. Por lo tanto, en TABLE comenzamos a preguntarnos si tal vez se trata de intentos repetidos de articular las mismas cosas, o si existen diferencias sustantivas. Originalmente publicado en inglés, en octubre de 2021, el Dr. George Cusworth (U Oxford) y Rachel Carlile (U Edimburgo) trabajaron con la diseñadora gráfica Emily Liang (WUR) para desarrollar un diagrama que articule las similitudes y diferencias de estos movimientos agrícolas.

Sustainable Food Trust

News and resources

The many meanings of 'regenerative' agriculture

This blog post from the Sustainable Food Trust explores the history of the term “regenerative” agriculture, including the Rodale Institute’s use of the term in the 1970s, the longer indigenous histories of many of the practices that fall under the umbrella, and the resurgence of the term regenerative since around 2015.

Six Inches of Soil

News and resources

Documentary in progress: Six Inches of Soil

Six Inches of Soil will be a documentary about how British farmers are moving away from industrial agricultural models, towards agroecological and regenerative methods. A trailer is now available to watch. The film is still in production, and is being crowd-funded.

Julie

Podcast episode

Ep21: Julie Guthman on Capital, Tech and Alternative Food

How do Silicon Valley and the Organics movement think about food systems sustainability differently?

Designing Regenerative Food Systems

Designing Regenerative Food Systems

This book presents a toolkit of agroecological methods of farming, based on case studies including the author’s farm, Huxhams Cross Farm in Devon, England.

ag movements

Exploring the ebbs and flows of Regenerative Agriculture, Organic and Agroecology

The regenerative, organic and agroecology movements share many concerns, and offer seemingly similar solutions. We, at TABLE, therefore began to ask ourselves if they are perhaps repeated attempts to articulate the same things, or whether there are substantive differences. Dr George Cusworth (U Oxford) and Rachel Carlile (U Edinburgh) worked with graphic designer Emily Liang (WUR) to develop a diagram articulating these agricultural movements' similarities and differences.

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Journal articles

Sustainability standards in global agrifood supply chains

This paper reviews the effects of voluntary sustainability standards - such as Fairtrade, organic and Rainforest Alliance - in the food supply chain, discussing several different crops. It argues that while standards can improve production sustainability in some circumstances, they are not alone sufficient to make the whole food system sustainable.