I agree with you that there are people who will read news like this and use it as an excuse to continue with destructive practices and that we should exercise caution in sharing such “good news” for that reason… but also, a little resilience means that there is still a chance to do something before it’s too late.

For anyone interested, the folks at Amazon Restore seem very much aligned with the ideas of ecological sustainability and personal freedom and how these two things support each other. (I am too, of course.)

My guess is that this is counting “grass-fed” animals and feed crops separately.

I am NOT Jim West.

Grass is a pestilence that should be eradicated worldwide, but legumes can be excellent support species, and some even make tasty fruits. Dialium guineense is one that most people don’t seem to know, but apparently bonobos like it!

food forests

I would argue that growing your own food and NOT cooking it is even more revolutionary.

Rice, maize

from Factors of Soil Formation by Hans Jenny:

Ditch the grass. Live vegan and grow your own veganic permaculture food forest using syntropic agriculture methods.

Friendly reminder to anyone reading that forests can deliver all of these benefits and food at the same time.

I’d be curious to know your strategy (if you have one) for moving toward food self-sufficiency. It seems as though your current situation is not serving you, and I wish you success in finding something that does.

I found this to be an intriguing summary: https://wiki.slrpnk.net/articles:whatissolarpunk

But what is driving all of that soy production in the first place?

Thank you for posting this. When I read the article, I also rejected the idea that the burning was necessary, but it was a small enough part of the article that I didn’t bother to point out the falsehood. The rainforest does not need to burn in order to be productive. I encourage people to read up on veganic permaculture food forests and syntropic agriculture methods. None of these subsistence farmers would ever go hungry (in the absence of “natural” disasters) if they, as communities, implemented these systems of food production.

I can’t really disagree with you. It is possible, especially with community support. Rather than saying that not everyone can grow all of their own food, I should say that for the disabled poor living in urban environments in very cold or dry areas of the world, growing 100% of their own food would be much more difficult and/or require more innovative methods. Thank you for not backing down on this. We should never give up. Do you grow all of your own food now, or are you still in the process?

“ It’s difficult to accept, and not everyone is in a position to grow all of their own food, but if we can,” I totally disagree, seeds from food, even cheapest, can be grown to plants for food. Do not even need adults to learn & do this, super easily, the children can do it.

When I say that not everyone is in a position to grow all of their own food, I mean that some people may be trapped by poverty or disability in an urban environment in an inhospitable (desert/tundra) climate where they have limited space for growing food and the growing season is too short to have year-round production. For non-impoverished able-bodied people, yes, growing and foraging all of one’s own food is perfectly feasible.

I was not focused on bring-up awesome alternatives like this, more awareness, too as many people as possible. I did not think there were so many people that already knew this, like it seems you do. I hope everyone gets how bad this is for efforts to save our Living Earth & All Living Beings on it! Thank you!

I’m glad that you appreciate what I wrote and what those projects are doing. :)

Of course growing your own food or knowing the grower is the only way to ensure that something is vegan. Corporate- and carnist-controlled agricultural operations often use animals as fertiliser and eradicate wild animals not just on the farm itself but in the surrounding area as well as a pre-emptive measure. Everyone has a right to protect their food supply, but what you’re describing here seems like the active pre-emptive killing rather than a response to the non-humans’ actions.

It’s difficult to accept, and not everyone is in a position to grow all of their own food, but if we can, then of course growing our own food forests using veganic methods is the most peaceful and practical option. Amazon Restore and Pacha Libre are promoting this, and there are probably other committed ethical vegan food forest projects in the world of which I’m not aware. Community and local food production in harmony with the forest and native animals… I imagine that such is the solarpunk way.

Alley cropping with Inga edulis or a similar leguminous tree for mulch would work very well as part of a syntropic approach to pure reforestation or food forests.

Going forward, there will be “some significant amount of consumers probably worried about the fact that they’re going to be complicit in the destruction of the Amazon rainforest,” said Hurowitz.

In the words of Philip Wollen, we don’t have to bomb it; we can just stop buying it. The animal cruelty industry drives the expansion of soya plantations in the Amazon. Live vegan and grow your own veganic permaculture food forest using syntropic agriculture methods.

In the words of Philip Wollen, we don’t have to bomb it; we can just stop buying it. The animal cruelty industry drives the expansion of soya plantations in the Amazon. Live vegan and grow your own veganic permaculture food forest using syntropic agriculture methods.

small-scale reforestation might help

Its thorny protective canopy supports biodiversity and helps alleviate flooding risks from summer thunder-showers through effective water uptake.

Diverse trees also provide benefits to the garden because different species have different root architecture, which improves the health and structure of the soil.

layered canopies, ranging from ground covers to herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees of various sizes, which has the benefit of maximising species diversity in limited spaces, and providing protective benefits against climate extremes (hot and cold) offered by this approach.

more benefits of planting native forest trees