development activity
‘Adasíyyih:
The Story of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá’s Model Farming Community
New book by Paul Hanley
to be published shortly
reviewed by Arthur Lyon Dahl
Hugh Locke and Tim Tensen
Smallholder Farmers Alliance, Haiti
A radically new approach to farming is taking the agricultural world by storm, but it is already under attack from greenwashing. This new methodology has the disruptive potential of the first green revolution of 60 years ago, but the new “regenerative” revolution is so diametrically opposed to its predecessor that serious efforts are underway to co-opt it.
IEF member profile
Austin Bowden-Kerby
Fiji Islands
Rural Social Action on Agriculture and Food
Uganda Case Study
Masaidio Kalenga
2 March 2022
‘The First Active Agent in Human Society’
Putting Farmers at the Heart of Food Security Policy
A statement of the Bahá’í International Community’s
United Nations Office in Geneva
Marking the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit
Geneva 29 October 2021
Baha'i Perspectives on Agriculture and Food
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The Bahá'í writings describe agriculture as a "a vital and important matter" foremost among the principles for "the advancement of mankind and the reconstruction of the world", but current agricultural policy prioritizes yield and profit over health and sustainability, the poor suffer, and climate change threatens the food supply.