Blog de Vía Orgánica
México: Un panel del T-MEC falló en contra de México en el caso del maíz transgénico
Escrito por Mercedes López Martínez, Representante de la Colectividad Demandante contra el Maíz Genéticamente Modificado La derrota del gobierno de México ante el panel de controversias de Estados Unidos, era una derrota anunciada, por la propia naturaleza de la demanda, con un sentido estrictamente comercial: defender los intereses de empresas transnacionales contra la soberana decisión […]
How Much Goes it Cost to Preserve Mexican Biodiversity?
by Mercedes López Martínez, Delegate for the Demanding Collective Against GMO Corn For the past 11 years, Vía Orgánica has been fighting to protect the 64 native corn varieties and hundreds of local strains in Mexico. These corn varieties not only represent a traditional food source for millions of people but are also key to the country’s biodiversity, culture, cosmogony, […]
AROES (Agroecological, Regenerative, and Organic Ecosystem Services)
by Dr. André Leu, D.Sc., International Director, Regeneration International Introduction Ronnie Cummins and I saw an urgent need to scale up agroecological, regenerative, and organic systems, the three main ecological agricultural movements, to regenerate our ecosystems, climate, and communities. We have been actively involved in organic agriculture in various ways for decades. I have been […]
Scaling Up Best Practices Regenerative Agriculture to Regenerate Our Climate by Maximizing Photosynthesis
by Dr. André Leu, Regeneration International Director In the previous article, (Soil Organic Matter – the Most Critical Cause and Solution to Climate Change), I showed how the climate models and negotiations completely neglected soil organic matter (SOM) and how its destruction through industrial agriculture is the largest source of carbon dioxide (CO2), more than fossil […]
Soil Organic Matter – the Most Critical Cause and Solution to Climate Change
by Dr. André Leu, Regeneration International Director The current mainstream narrative is that climate change is caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and methane emissions from farm animals. The solution is to reduce fossil use, scale up renewable energy, and eat less, preferably no, meat. I have shown why these ‘solutions’ will not […]
The Failure of Industrial Climate Solutions
by Dr. André Leu, Regeneration International Director The United Nations Climate Change Meeting COP 29 will be held in oil-exporting Azerbaijan. Like COP 28 in Dubai, this will be another pro-fossil fuel COP, pretending that ‘Green Energy’ will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The current strategies to stop climate change have been a complete failure and […]
Response to Criticisms of Regenerative Grazing
by Dr. André Leu, Regeneration International Director There have been criticisms about regenerative grazing systems and their ability to sequester greenhouse gases to assist our climate change efforts. These criticisms stem from academics steeped in the current industrial agriculture systems. They are part of the push to blame livestock farming for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and […]
First Congress on Traditional Medicine and Herbalism at Cencalli
by Ercilia Sahores From September 6 to the 8 we attended the First Congress on Traditional Medicine and Herbalism at Cencalli. Over 20 wise men and women shared their ancestral knowledge on medicinal plants, healing rituals and traditional practices. The congress took place at Los Pinos, the official residence of the President of Mexico from 1924 […]
The Regenerative Agriculture Solution
by Ronnie Cummins, André Leu “Read this book to understand why you should care about regenerative agriculture. Until the public is better-informed and insists on sweeping changes to current agricultural policy . . . we will continue to degrade our planet and destabilize our climate. Leu and Cummins, through inspiring stories and solid science, show just […]
Cultivating Change Gathering in Tanzania: Transforming Food Systems
by Ercilia Sahores There is a large number of farmer movements, initiatives and organizations that have practicing and advocating for decades to scale and accelerate regenerative and agroecological food systems transformations. However, funding – or more, the lack of it- is still a very big issue. According to a recent report by the Global Alliance for […]