Jo Smith

We face a biodiversity crisis and a climate meltdown. Our food systems are broken, our soils are depleted and our seeds are owned by global corporations. Meanwhile, colonial capitalism dictates the mainstream response to these crises, drowning out Indigenous perspectives and solutions. Yet Indigenous practices and understandings of kai (food) offer important pathways to ensuring ecological, cultural, and socio-economic sustainability,...

Agriculture and forestry have often been treated as separate and distinct disciplines in colleges, universities and handbooks on farm management. However, on the ground, most farmers manage land that combines agricultural production with trees. The increased uptake of agroforestry in the UK can benefit productivity, soils, climate change mitigation, water management, biodiversity and landscape, as well as animal welfare. This...