From land enclosures to lab enclosures: digital sequence information, cultivated biodiversity and the movement for open source seed systems

The cooperation dilemma: can agricultural cooperatives sustainably survive in a globalised food system while contributing to food security?

“…A re-alignment of regional food production and regional food demand could not only reduce travel emissions and loss of embedded water; it could also increase more circular food production, distribution and recycling, contributing to the creation of decent jobs, and thus to income and food security in Spain. Additionally, cooperatives have an enormous potential to promote the adoption of agroecological growing methods and locally adapted varieties amongst members to foster cultivated diversity, a key dimension of food security (Ajates, 2022).…”