The Guaraní accused global corporations such as Coca Cola and Cargill of using their traditional knowledge associated with the stevia plant and filed for an access-and-benefit sharing agreement.
This article discusses the intimate connection between seeds and landscapes through networks of non-corporate farmers, experts, politicians, and agricultural companies.
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, demand for backyard chickens soared. This article traces how, since settlement, Australians have turned to backyard chooks in times of crisis in pursuit of food security.
This article situates contemporary debates over kangaroo-population management within Australia’s violent history of settler-colonial occupation and attendant environmental transformations.
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