Antonio Roman-Alcala, Author at Toward Freedom

Global agroecology movements have called for “scaling out.” Scaling out agroecology would support farmer-to-farmer exchange that spreads agroecological practices through existing, and expanding, networks of small-scale family producers. Photo by Wendy Stone/Corbis via Getty Images

Agroecology Is Becoming A Global Movement. But Where Does the U.S. Fit In?

Antonio Roman-Alcala May 22, 2018 Antonio Roman-Alcala

What might growing interest in agroecology mean for those committed to more ecological agriculture in the U.S.? After all, the discussion of agroecology at the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization and in many contexts has been directed toward the developing world and its “peasants,” not American farmers and activists.