Making Rain under the Mallas
Arcadia, Summer 2022, no. 9
Aliases:
agricultural
Moving On
Chapter 4 of American Land Rush, a virtual exhibition by Sara Gregg.
agriculture
Threats to the Hadzabe and Why We Should Care
Arcadia, Spring 2022, no. 8
The Great Guano Rush of 2007–2008: “Filth,” Bats, and Food Sovereignty on Northern Pemba Island, Tanzania
Missionizing and Transforming the Land: Alexander Merensky in Botshabelo
Arcadia, Summer 2021, no. 22
Revealing the “Almerian Miracle”: Materiality of the Agrarian Modernization in the Campo de Dalías
Arcadia, Spring 2021, no. 17
The Enemy is Nature: Military Machines and Technological Bricolage in Britain’s “Great Agricultural Experiment”
Interview with Tom Philpott, author of Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Tom Philpott is interviewed on his book, Perilous Bounty: The Looming Collapse of American Farming and How We Can Prevent It.
“Organic Farming in India: Catalysts that Can Help in Transition”
In this commentary, M. Manjula and P. Indira Devi suggest market-based instruments as complementary policy mechanisms for catalyzing the transition to organic farming in India.
“Constructing Legitimacy? Agroecology within and beyond the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)”
Full text of Claire Lagier’s dissertation, “Constructing Legitimacy? Agroecology within and beyond the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST).”
Moving On
American Land Rush:
“A Lonely Homesteader” Searches for Security in the Montana Homestead Boom
Swept up in the optimism of the 1910s, Lily Stearns settled with her four children on a promising homestead in northeastern Montana, where she found her fate conscribed by extreme weather and the limits of her endurance. This richly illustrated virtual exhibition tells the story of one participant in the largest homestead boom in US history, revealing the erratic fortunes of farm life reflected in the abundant economic, political, and personal uncertainties of the era.
Sara M. GreggAbout the author
