Hello! We’d like to introduce ourselves. We are Silvie and Melis and we are the 3rd and 4th Agri-Activists for this year at Caerhys farm and will be working with Gerald and Ingrid for the rest of the summer campaigning for a better food future. We’d like to tell you about Caerhy’s annual Harvest Party …
Take action for Good Food and Good Farming
Our food and farming system is being taken further down the road of industrialisation – with the use of more chemicals, more factory farms and controlled by even bigger corporations. Small scale, sustainable producers are being pushed out and healthy food is increasingly becoming a luxury for the wealthy. Industrialised global food systems cause land …
Hello and Goodbye!
Time has passed all too quickly and while I am already preparing to leave Caerhys Farm, there are new people arriving every other day. Today I want to take a moment to reflect on my time at Caerhys before I pass on the honour to Silvie and Melis, who will be the agri-activists for round …
The Sharing Part
Hi again! Last week, Lena told you all about being a newcomer at the farm. This week, it is my turn again to write about issues we tackle during our agri-activism placement. Chatting with Lena about what we want to stand for, we said we want to focus on positive initiatives rather than being against …
People power, Ecofeminism and the Eighth
On May 25th, history was made. The people of Ireland voted almost 2 to 1 to repeal the 8th amendment to the Irish constitution, an amendment installed in 1983 that gave equal right to life to the foetus and the mother. That year, the vote was won by 67% to 33%. This year, that figure …
The Trojan Horse of Free Trade Agreements visits Cyprus!
The trojan horse of free trade agreements has finally visited Cyprus! For the past few months YFoE Cyprus have been using the huge prop to raise awareness about the hidden dangers of Free Trade Agreements such as CETA and JEFTA. From the mountains of Troodos to the city centre of the capital of Nicosia, the …
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Being a Newcomer to Farming!
After Ingrid’s introduction to the ideas of Agri-Activism, it is my turn (Lena) to offer you a glimpse into our lives as agri-activists! At the time of writing we have been on Caerhys Organic farm for a whole month, which is a good time to reflect upon the things learned so far. For this reason …
What is agri-activism (for us)?
Welcome to the first post of the year from the YFoEE agri-activism placement 2018! This blog already hosted several agri-activists’ voices before ours so we won’t spend too much time describing the project. However, an introduction is recquired before we can get into the details of our stay in future posts. So here …
Grassroots Resistance to Mining in Macedonia
This article was previously published on Bilton.org and LeftEast. “For fifteen years now my family and I have been investing in organic agriculture, working the land together with my children to build a better life for them in our homeland,” says Dimche Baleski, an organic producer from the municipality of Valandovo, during a public …
Hunger For Freedom: Solidarity with Yarl’s Wood hunger strikers
Katie Hodgetts and Kate Whitaker Today marks two weeks since women in Yarl’s Wood detention centre started a strike to protest the UK Home Office’s immoral practices, inhumane treatment of detainees and unfair detention system. Read a full list of their demands here. Yarl’s Wood is an ‘Immigration Removal Centre’ in Bedfordshire, England, for …
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