Bahá'í International Community Brussels Office 24 June 2024
The Future of Agriculture in the European Union: Some Considerations
The Baha'i International Community appreciates the questions being raised by the conclusions on the future of agriculture in the European Union, which are set to be adopted during today’s Agriculture and Fisheries Council.
Supporting and Saving the New Regenerative Revolution
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.
Rural Social Action on Agriculture and Food Uganda Case Study
Masaidio Kalenga 2 March 2022
The following example of the transformative power of the Bahá'í teachings on agriculture and food as applied in rural Uganda was prepared by Masaidio Kalenga* during a Wilmette Institute course on Bahá'í perspectives on Agriculture and Food in March 2022, and is shared here with his permission. May it inspire many others to follow his example.
‘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
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.
