Why Are the Residents of This Small Village So Happy? They're Managing Their Farmland as Commons
When we attended the Convergence in Hopland earlier this year, one of the most urgently felt workshops I participated in was about the commons. There is a dire need for land and housing to be taken out of the speculative market and cooperatively managed in perpetuity if we are to move toward a sustainable future. These authors says of this community that, "their fundamental premise is that the value of farmland lies in its contribution to food production, lasting ecosystems and human life—not financial gain."
By Véronique Rioufol, Sjoerd Wartena / Levellers Press November 18, 2016
http://www.alternet.org/food/why-are-residents-small-village-so-happy-theyre-managing-their-farmland-commons?akid=14897.228694.WkGXNJ&rd=1&src=newsletter1067467&t=22
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