[FLPERMACULTURE] Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in the Americas

[Michael Burns]

free download: http://www.yale.edu/environment/publications

Announcing the publication of:

*Agroecology and the Struggle for Food Sovereignty in
the Americas*

Avery Cohn, Jonathan Cook, Margarita Fernandez,
Rebecca Reider and Corrina Steward, Editors.

International Institute for Environment and
Development, IUCN Commission on Environmental Economic
and Social Policy, and Yale School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies. 2006.

This new book explores emerging alliances among farmer
organizations, environmentalists, and scholars working
to promote ecologically sound and economically just
food and agriculture systems across the Americas.


The publication features:

- articles and policy recommendations from scholars
working at the intersections of conservation, trade,
and agriculture;
- interviews with leaders of national, regional, and
local farmer organizations;
- case studies of efforts to promote both food
sovereignty and ecologically sound farming systems
across the Americas, from the Amazonian frontier to
the Mexican highlands to New York City.
- reports on the 2004 workshop “Food Sovereignty,
Conservation, and Social Movements for Sustainable
Agriculture in the Americas.” The workshop brought
farmer representatives, environmentalists, and
researchers to Yale University to discuss their work,
the meaning of “food sovereignty,” and the potential
for collaboration in order to change and improve
agro-food systems across the Americas.

Authors and contributors include:

- Kathleen McAfee, University of California at Berkley
- George Naylor, National Family Farm Coalition
- Alberto Gomez Flores, Via Campesina North America
and UNORCA-National Union of Autonomous Regional
Peasant Organizations
- Eric Holt-Gimenez, Food First
- Silvia Rodriguez, GRAIN-Genetic Resources Action
International
- Jesus Leon Santos, CEDICAM-Centro de Desarrollo
Integral Campesino de la Mixteca
- Sergio Lopes, RECA-Reflorestamento Economico
Consorciado e Adensado

The book is available for free download or purchase at
the website of the Yale School of Forestry &
Environmental Studies Publication Series:

http://www.yale.edu/environment/publications.


Print copies in both English and Spanish can also be
ordered at

http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php
o=14506IIED&n=2&l=9&k=agroeco (English)

or
http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?n=1&l=9&k=agroeco
(Spanish)


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