Like many who follow international rural politics, I had long heard of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement (MST). Keywords such as landless peasants, land occupation, struggle, and land reform are so strongly associated with the group that I instinctively equated it with a movement “rooted in rural settlements and sustained…
This year marks the United Nations’ “International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists”. To help more people understand rangelands and pastoralists, the field research documentary *Whose Table Whose Pasture*, supported by the Foodthink Lianhe Creative Project, will be screened in Urumqi on the afternoon of 23 May. Xinjiang-based organisations, institutions, and invited…
Foodthink says In March this year, pesticide spraying in oilseed rape fields caused severe losses for beekeepers, briefly thrusting bee mortality into the public eye. Yet beyond the visible “deaths” lies a more insidious disappearance: rather than perishing in large numbers inside their hives, bees are abandoning their colonies…
Happy Youth Day to all our young friends! People often say that young people are the most proactive, dynamic, vibrant, and idealistic group. Yet in reality, most young people are simply wage earners hustling to make ends meet. In this busy, ever-accelerating era, over the past two…
The Earth is on the brink of breaching the 1.5°C warming threshold. Coral bleaching has affected 84% of reefs worldwide, marking the largest and most severe bleaching event on record. As Arctic permafrost thaws, it threatens to accelerate the warming process further. We are now triggering the first climate…
