Little Pasture, Who Made Thee?
A lamb, a pasture, a question that is only seemingly naïve. Behind the bucolic image lies a complex ecosystem, co-constructed by humans and nature, fragile and far from self-evident.
Egg Prices and the Cost of a Fragile Ecosystem
Rising egg prices may seem like an isolated problem. Still, they actually reveal a story of animal diseases, intensive farming, and how environmental degradation and biodiversity loss can impact our public health.
A Living Mountain
The new mountain law promises protection and development, but it remains to be seen whether its measures can truly make these territories more vibrant and attractive.
Wine and (Climate) Change
Climate change is shaking the wine world: earlier harvests, rising alcohol levels, and weaker aromas threaten quality and sustainability. Adapting viticulture is now crucial for its survival.
Fast Fashion Plants: The Pretty Garden Trend That’s Hurting the Planet
As more people turn to their gardens for joy, biodiversity, and a touch of green serenity, an important question arises: Where do our garden plants come from—and at what cost?
Val di Torba
Peat extraction in South Tyrol sparks debate, but can design bridge the divide? A Salurn exhibition explores its role in shaping a hopeful post-extraction future, balancing research, politics, and society.
Hilda: The Low-Emission Cow
The emission of greenhouse gases in the agricultural sector is a challenge for the future. Genetic research, state-of-the-art farming, and feed management can be key to achieving zero emissions, even in the livestock industry. The Hilda cow is just the first great example, the result of innovative genetic selection.
A Valley Full Of Peat And Challenges For The Future
Once dominated by peatlands, the Adige Valley now faces the challenge of balancing economic interests with environmental restoration. In this conflict, design plays a key role in sparking dialogue and driving change through creative solutions.
Cows Among The Trees
How can livestock farming and forestry coexist in the Alps? Cows, goats, and pigs in high mountain forests revive historical landscapes, benefiting farmers, woodcutters, and tourists through forest grazing.
Balancing Agriculture and Sustainability in the EU
The European Union (EU) stands at a crucial crossroads as it seeks to balance agriculture and food supply with sustainability and environmental preservation. What are the challenges?
Alm Sweet Alm
Pastures are a living part of Alpine culture and landscape. They are a history of men and animals, an example of integration between man and nature and represent a landmark for mountain agriculture, economy and society.
Farmer’s Strikes: The Need of Reshaping Spanish and European Agriculture
We have been seeing several strikes coming from the countryside lately. What are their claims, how and to what they can affect, and which are the possible solutions?
How the EU is Revising its 2040 Climate Targets amid Farmers’ Strikes
Behind the EU’s ambitious 2040 climate targets lurks a controversial omission of agricultural emissions and a heavy reliance on unproven carbon capture and storage technologies.
The Time of Glyphosate
“But then, does glyphosate kill (as environmentalists say) or does glyphosate increase agricultural yields and ensure food globally (as farmers’ representatives say)?”
Spain’s Wetlands at Risk: We need different Agricultural Practices to Ensure Conservation
Southern Europe countries, like Spain, are sensitive to drought, which is an impending threat due to global warming. Wetlands are even more sensitive and key for biodiversity and human life. What can we do to protect them?
The Energy Crisis is Pressuring Dairy Farms in Trentino and Veneto. What is the State of the Art?
The energy crisis halts milk and cheese production in mountain areas. State incentives for “multifunctional” farms can be effective against the ups and downs of the market and consumer demands.
Agritourism in Trentino: Hospitality and Simplicity in the Mountains
Agritourism is a symbol of Trentino, and it can help contrast the depopulation of mountain areas and the abandonment of agricultural activities.
Climate-Friendly Bolivian Urban Agroecology to Achieve Local Food Security and Sovereignty in Bolivia
Implemented by certified communities, Bolivian urban agroecology is a future-proof form of farming that can be scaled up to help achieve local food security and sovereignty in the country.
Agroecology in Brazil: From the Fields to University
With Professor Dr. Fernando Silveira Franco, we discuss the development of agroecology in Brazil: the rise from the land, the spread across universities, the integration in national policies.
Bolivian Agroecology in Harmony with Forest Conservation
In 2018-2019, wildfires destroyed many forested areas of the Chiquitania, Bolivia. Connecting agroecology, forest conservation and restoration, GreenMarked and PROBIOMA-PROBIOTEC set up a plant nursery and started transferring new trees to the wild forest.
Agroforestry to Fight Food Insecurity in Brazil
The high unemployment and the pandemic have led many Brazilians to a condition of food vulnerability. To tackle the hunger crisis, agroecological farmers like Ana Bovoy in São Paulo created a net of food distribution initiatives all over the country.
An Agroecological Farm in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
Two Bolivian college students tell us their experience in the agroecological farm of Santa Cruz de la Sierra supported by GreenMarked. Can agroecology help Bolivia achieve food security and reforest burned areas?
Trentino’s Beefarming Reinvents Itself to Stay Ahead of the Hard Times
Diseases, plant products overuse, and adverse weather conditions are threatening honey bees. How did Trentino’s beekeeping industry reinvent itself to tackle the hard times?
A hungry game: climate change, COVID-19, and the Ukraine war
With the climate crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine the risk of a global food crisis has become very real.
Vertical Farming: A Future-proof Winning Strategy
Vertical farming was born to fight the increasing unsustainability of worldwide cities but it helps tackle many other environmental critical issues.
A traineeship in agroecology. The review of two Bolivian university students
Two engaging stories about the role of Bolivian agroecology in promoting sustainable development among the young generations.
Agroecology and social tree-planting to tackle the climate crisis. The story and view of a Bolivian agroecological producer
Our Agrecol Trees project in Bolivia is also a place for sharing authentic environmental stories. Read the story of Nelly: a farming community leader, a true land guardian and climate crisis fighter.
African Swine Fever outbreak in Italy: should have we expected it?
The African Swine Fewer arrived in Italy at the beginning of the year, presumably from imported pork meat. This new outbreak confirms an indirect effect of our unsustainable lifestyle.
The environmental and cultural importance of species-rich mountain meadows and their ecological restoration
Meadows are a high-value element of the mountain landscape. Their conservation and restoration, however, requires a lot of maintenance, preservation, and protection.
Five Golden Threads – A roadmap to spread agroecology in Trentino
Five golden threads are the five steps we, as GreenMarked, have used to spread agroecology in Trentino. Looking back at the road we travelled, what do we still need to prosper?
Agroecology to fight back Alpine pastures abandonment
When it comes to mountain and rural areas abandonment, modern agroecology might be the solution to restore those landscapes that have been managed for centuries.
Future-proof Dutch agriculture
Besides devastating extensive monocultures, can the Netherlands hope for a future-proof agriculture?
Agroecology for a better water management in Trentino
Even though it is still poorly known in Europe, agroecology can be further implemented with modern and traditional farming practices to improve Trentino’s water management.
A stakeholder analysis to spread agroecology in Trentino
A stakeholder analysis to launch our “Environmental Blogging Boost 4 Students” project to increase the spread of agroecological knowledge and know-hows in Trentino.
An organic district for the Province of Trento: rejected, but…
The referendum to establish a provincial organic district in Trentino was rejected but it shows that more than 65,000 Trentino citizens want a more sustainable type of agriculture.
Who stands for the organic district referendum?
Two days from referendum day, which political party has openly sided for and against the provincial organic district in Trentino?
Trentino and its farming sector. Time to return the favor for cleaner water courses
Due to farming products, the Adige river and many water courses in Val di Non have recorded exceedances of the admissible contamination thresholds.
Running in the usual direction
The high use of water-contaminating synthetic fertilizers and plant protection products, zero-biodiversity policy within the farmland are still the core values of the farming business in Trentino.
Healthier agroecosystems for the whole community
A vineyard or an apple orchard are not just agroindustrial areas to exploit for food production or the livelihood and profits of farmers. They are multifunctional agroecosystems that affect the quality of life and health local citizens.
