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Genetics in Agriculture: An Introduction

By EcoFoodDev July 19, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Genetics in Agriculture, Present: Food & Farming Today

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J.,(2021), "Genetics in Agriculture: An Introduction", EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/genetics-in-agriculture-an-introduction/ In this post I present an overview of some of the main issues surrounding genetic modification…

Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Indigenous Wisdom for a Sustainable Future

By EcoFoodDev July 5, 2021Agroecology, All Posts, Environment, Food & Culture, Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Present: Food & Farming Today, Rewilding

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J.,(2021), "Traditional Ecological Knowledge: How Indigenous Wisdom Can Build a Sustainable Future", EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/traditional-ecological-knowledge-indigenous-wisdom-global-climate-change/ Environmental communication is an urgent and pressing topic, and one…

Food as Identity, Society, & Political Power: Introduction

By EcoFoodDev April 19, 2021All Posts, Environment, Food & Culture, Food as Identity, Food Politics, Rewilding

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J.,(2021), "Food as Identity, Society, & Political Power: Introduction", EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/food-as-identity-society-political-power-introduction/ When I first left my rural family home to study in the city, I…

Evolution of Crop Farming III: Barley

By EcoFoodDev April 4, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Genetics in Agriculture, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J.,(2021), "Barley: Crop Evolutionary History & Future Food Sustainability", EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/the-ancient-origins-of-modern-barley/ Barley (Hordeum vulgare) is a principal cereal crop grown worldwide. It is used…

Sustainable & Innovative Agricultural Systems In-focus: Agroecology

By EcoFoodDev March 27, 2021Agroecology, All Posts

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J.,(2021), Sustainable & Innovative Agricultural Systems In-focus: Agroecology, EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/sustainable-innovative-agricultural-systems-in-focus-agroecology/ Let’s look at some of the innovative, nature-based techniques and alternative agricultural systems being…

How Climate Change Led to Modern Farming

By EcoFoodDev March 10, 2021All Posts, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J., (2021) Why Agriculture Happened: How Past Climate Change Events Led to Modern Farming, EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/the-12000-year-grind-extraordinary-evidence-for-climate-change-farming-modern-society-from-10000-bc/ A series of changes in climate occurred during the late Pleistocene…

Evolution of Crop Farming II: Where modern cereals come from

By EcoFoodDev February 24, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Genetics in Agriculture, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J., (2021) How Agriculture Began: 12,000 Years of Crop Cultivation EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/crop-cultivations-astonishing-age-1000s-of-years-of-change/ What do we mean by “cultivation”? Previously we looked at what is meant by domestication of…

Why are we in a food crisis?

By EcoFoodDev February 14, 2021All Posts, Food Politics, Future: Sustainable Food & Farming, Global Conflict & Food Production

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J., (2021) Why are we in a food crisis? EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/why-are-we-in-a-food-crisis/ By 2050, our global population will swell to between 9-10 billion people. Such rapid population increase will place impossible…

Evolution of Crop Farming I: The Origins of Cereal Domestication

By EcoFoodDev February 12, 2021All Posts, Crop Science, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming

by Emma J Devereux Citation: Devereux, E.J., (2021) Ancient Grains: When & where did the domestication of modern crops begin? EcoFoodDev, https://www.ecofooddev.com/the-cultivation-domestication-and-spread-of-cereals-the-real-ancient-grains/ We cannot really think about the future of food until we look…

HARVEST: Plant foods in Human Evolution

By EcoFoodDev July 8, 2020All Posts, Past: Archaeology of Food & Farming, Projects

About the HARVEST Project: Plant foods comprise the majority of most human diets, yet the potential importance of these foods in human evolution is often overlooked. Using a behavioral ecology…