MARCH 2026
Dear Network Members,
This month we have a diverse selection of publications and media exploring the intersections of feminism, food, history, politics, science and, of course, agroecology. We would like to again highlight that the Latin America and Caribbean edition of the Groundswell International short film festival will be happening online on the 6th of March - see more details below.
We hope you enjoy this month’s newsletter and please get in touch if you have any publications, events or projects you would like us to feature in a future edition. Next month we will focus on the role of affect and emotion in agroecology practices and politics, so if you have/know of anything you think would be a good fit, do let us know!
Warmly,
AgroFutures Team
Academic articles
Giraldo, O. F., & Rosset, P. M. (2018). Agroecology as a territory in dispute: between institutionality and social movements. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 45(3), 545–564. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2017.1353496
Leonardelli I., Sivini S. (2025). Seminando futuri equi e sostenibili: donne alla guida di progetti innovativi nell’agricoltura italiana. Culture della Sostenibilità, 36. DOI: 10.7402/CDS.36.7
Theses
Michaelin Sibanda (2025). Sowing Seeds of Change: Feminist collective action for agroecological transformation in Zimbabwe. Doctoral Thesis (compilation), Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. Lund University. https://lucris.lub.lu.se/ws/portalfiles/portal/228660587/Michaelin_Sibanda_Dissertation.pdf
Books
We are spotlighting three books this month that have recently found their way on to our own reading lists and thought they might be of interest/use to some of you:
Novick, Tamar. 2023. Milk and Honey: Technologies of Plenty in the Making of a Holy Land. Inside Technology. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
“In Milk and Honey, Tamar Novick writes a revolutionary environmental history of the state that centers on the intersection of technology and religion in modern Palestine/Israel. Focusing on animals and the management of their production and reproduction across three political regimes—the late-Ottoman rule, British rule, and the early Israeli state—Novick draws attention to the ways in which settlers and state experts used agricultural technology to recreate a biblical idea of past plenitude, literally a “land flowing with milk and honey,” through the humanimal body”
https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262039079/milk-and-honey/
Parker, Barbara, Jennifer Brady, Elaine Power, and Susan Belyea, eds. 2019. Feminist Food Studies: Intersectional Perspectives. First published. Toronto: Women’s Press.
“This expansive collection enriches the field of food studies with a feminist intersectional perspective, addressing the impacts that race, ethnicity, class, and nationality have on nutritional customs, habits, and perspectives. Throughout the text, international scholars explore three areas in feminist food studies: the socio-cultural, the corporeal, and the material.”
https://canadianscholars.ca/book/feminist-food-studies/
Trauger, Amy. 2022. Geographies of Food and Power. 1st edn. London: Routledge “Geographies of Food and Power takes a synthetic approach by discussing food as something produced within an interconnected system, in which labor, food quality and the environment are considered together… It takes an intersectional approach to difference and power and approaches standard subjects in the geography of food with a fresh perspective focusing on inequality, uneven production and legacies of colonialism.”
https://doi.org/10.4324/978100315943
Events and training
On March 13th, the University of Westminster will host the launch of Feminist Climate Policy in Industrialised States at the Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE). As the climate emergency intensifies, this event challenges the status quo by exploring how feminist leadership—rooted in a long legacy of community-led resistance—can prioritize the most marginalized peoples and "other-than-human" nature. Featuring a radical panel of experts, including Baroness Natalie Bennett and representatives from the Women’s Environmental Network (WEN) and major trade unions, the discussion will bridge theory and practice to imagine a truly gender-just emergency response. This is more than a book launch; it is a collective effort to re-center care and equity in our urban planning, construction, and political infrastructures. Booking via Eventbrite here.
Each year, Groundswell International holds a festival showcasing the short films produced by dozens of youth from smallholder farmer communities participating in its Youth Storyteller Program. The theme for this year's edition focuses on the stories of Women Farmers, aligning with the UN’s theme for 2026. These short films, born at the heart of smallholder farmer communities, will highlight the central role of women farmers in farming and food systems, offering stories and insights that are captured by the young people who live these realities daily. Join rural and Indigenous youth from Latin America & the Caribbean, South Asia and West Africa in celebrating the women who feed the world HERE.
You need to register for each of the three different events:
Latin America & the Caribbean (6 March)
West Africa (12 March).
Media articles
From November 17 to 23, 2025, the 9th International Meeting on Agroecology, Food Sovereignty, and Cooperativism took place at the “Niceto Pérez García” National Training Centre in Cuba. Far from a mere technical exchange, the gathering served as a vital space for resistance, allowing participants to evaluate agroecological alternatives that can safeguard the food sovereignty and sustainability of our peoples. The meeting underscored the innovative leadership of youth and the indispensable role of women in the agroecological transition, reaffirming that strong, grassroots farmers' organizations and cooperatives are the primary engines for dismantling industrial models and consolidating an ecology of care. More information here.
On January 14, 2026, 52 farmers from the Confédération Paysanne were detained after peacefully occupying the Ministry of Agriculture in Paris to protest the destructive EU-Mercosur FTA and the systematic neglect of small-scale farming. Among those arrested was a powerful delegation from the DROMs (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte, and French Guiana), who denounced the French government’s neocolonial policies and the structural inequality in European aid. This mobilization underscores that the fight for food sovereignty is inherently a struggle against colonial power and the corporate hijacking of our lands. More information here.
Podcasts and videos
This video series by Biowatch South Africa showcases agroecology as a radical social movement led by women to reclaim power from corporate food "pyramids." By centering farmer-led seed systems and the revival of ancestral grains, these stories document a horizontal fabric of resistance against neocolonial dependencies. Ultimately, the series frames food sovereignty as a vital defense of traditional knowledge and territory against the ongoing threat of corporate ecocide. Watch the videos here.
Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer join Threshold host Amy Martin, to discuss their new book: Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior. Unpacking the assumptions made about animals and ecologies based upon scientific concepts and categories in biology might, they argue, enable new ways of seeing and understanding the non-human worlds we inhabit. Listen to their conversation here.