Much energy has been invested in informing political leaders about the problems of industrial food and the benefits of agro-ecology. Following three decades of focusing primarily on good farming, Ecuador’s Colectivo Agroecológico now believes that people, as “consumer-citizens”, can and must take responsibility for a better future.

Click here and scroll to page 68 to read this great article: 250,000 Families! Reconnecting urban and rural people for healthier, more sustainable living, written by Swift Foundation grantees, Stephen Sherwood of EkoRural, and Caeley Cane of Groundswell International.