Archive - The Struggle for Land

Blood, Soil and Jeremy Clarkson (for Vittles)

In this article for Vittles I explore Jeremy Clarkson, Reform, the farmers’ protests, the far right, conspiracy theory and the need for directly…

Jun 24 •

May 2025

Food security, food sovereignty — tomayto, tomahto?

This article explores the difference between food sovereignty and food security and why it matters

May 23 •

Winners and losers in the farming sector

Land prices, inheritance tax, professionalisation, entrepreneurialism, and winners and losers.

May 20 •

Farms failing to accumulate

Utilising economic data for English agriculture I explore the failure of English farms to valorise their capital and what this might mean for posing an…

May 18 •

March 2025

Growing a stronger political ecosystem in agroecology through the vanguard function

Thinking with Rodrigo Nunes' 'Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal' towards a stronger, relational, agroecological political ecosystem that supports its own…

Mar 8 •

February 2025

The UK farmer protests you probably haven't heard about (article for The Conversation)

The grievances of farm workers, who milk cows, drive machinery, and pick crops, are rarely given the spotlight with the talk of farmer protests...

Feb 26 •

Mending a broken farm

Reflections on nearly 9 years of being on this farm — and thinking with Gargi Bhattacharyya's exploration of being heartbroken — and what that means for…

Feb 18 •

Imperialist conservation and 'biodiversity leakage'

Can ecosystem restoration projects in rich, imperialist countries actually lead to a net reduction in global biodiversity? Is the 'environmentalism of…

Feb 15 •

Landworkers and landowners (a reply to the Landworkers' Alliance)

Is the agroecology movement centring the dignity, respect and rights of workers or is it justifying landowners who exploit workers?

Feb 4 •

January 2025

Moving from anti-globalisation to anti-imperialism and why it matters for food sovereignty

Why the international movement for food sovereignty needs to move away from thinking about globalisation and towards thinking about (and acting against…

Jan 18 •

"Burnt Out, Overworked & Underpaid"

A brand new workers' inquiry conducted by SALT has found that agroecological “trainees” or “interns” (really, workers) are only being paid £1.41 per…

Jan 14 •

December 2024

Interview for Anti Capitalist Resistance on the UK farmers' protests

Thanks to Simon Pearson, from Anti Capitalist Resistance, for interviewing me about the ongoing farmers’ protests in the UK.

Dec 22, 2024 •

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