About Us

Rooted magazine is a platform for the exchange of voices, perspectives and knowledge of food producers and others at the forefront of action to transform food systems. A flagship global publication, it connects science, practice and movement, shifting narratives and strengthening agroecology for food sovereignty.

About the magazine

Uniquely, Rooted is a magazine by and for the agroecology movement. Supported by our editorial team, practitioners share insights from their own grounded, ‘rooted’ experiences in agroecology and food sovereignty from all over the world. Rooted highlights lessons from real life, that can provide useful guidance for other initiatives as well as for strategy and policy making processes. These grounded experiences are combined with cutting edge perspectives and opinions from key actors in the movement, be they farmer leaders, indigenous peoples representatives, researchers, policy advocates or others.

Rooted builds on the rich history of its antecedent magazines, Farming Matters and LEISA Newsletter, which have been capturing knowledge from agroecological practice since 1984.

Rooted collaborates closely with two regional agroecology magazines in Latin America: LEISA Revista de Agroecologia (in Spanish) and Agriculturas (in Portuguese).

Editorial board

Institute for Agroecology at the University of Vermont

Members of our editorial board

Meet the members of our editorial board, who represent the organisations and networks above. They jointly guide the magazine's direction, select themes and submissions and connect Rooted to what is alive in their respective networks.

Faris Ahmed

Faris Ahmed is a member of Cultivate! , an independent food systems researcher and an expert on agroecology and biodiversity policy.
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Colin Anderson

Colin Anderson is Associate Director of Research of the Institute for Agroecology at the University of Vermont and a member of Agroecology Now!.
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Million Belay

Million Belay is the Coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and a member of the International Panel of Experts on the Sustainability of Food Systems (IPES-Food).
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Janneke Bruil

Janneke Bruil is a co-founder of Cultivate! and an expert in agroecology strategy development. She is also a local food policy advisor and actively involved in the Agroecology Network Netherlands.
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Martha Caswell

Martha Caswell is Associate Director for Community and Learning of the Institute for Agroecology at the University of Vermont.
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Georgina Catacora-Vargas

Georgina Catacora-Vargas is the President of the Latin American Scientific Society for Agroecology (SOCLA) and a member of the International Panel of Experts on the Sustainability of Food Systems (IPES-Food).
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Georges Félix

Georges Félix is a co-founder of Cultivate! and an Associate Professor at the University of Puerto Rico.

Yodit Kebede

Yodit Kebede is a member of Cultivate! with ample experience in agroecology research, policy, fieldwork and monitoring.
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Jessica Milgroom

Jessica Milgroom is a member of Agroecology Now!, a co-founder of Cultivate! and Associate Professor at the Institute for Sociology and Peasant Studies at the University of Córdoba.
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Nina Isabella Moeller

Nina Isabella Moeller is a member of Cultivate! and AgroecologyNow! and Associate Professor in SDU FoodLab at the University of Southern Denmark.
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Our editors

Ann Doherty

Ann Doherty is one of our English language editors, and she is also a farmer and educator in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Erin Eberle

Erin Eberle is one of our English language editors. She is also a digital communications and creative strategy consultant working globally to support social change movements.
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Solina Diallo

Solina Diallo is one of our English and French language editors. She has experience in anthropological research, grassroots activism and community theatre with a focus on food systems transformation and decolonialism.
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Ana Dorrego Carlón

Ana Dorrego Carlón is our Spanish language editor and translator. She is also an independent researcher and editor of LEISA Revista de Agroecologia, the regional agroecology magazine in Latin America.
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Bruno Pardo

Bruno Pardo is our Portuguese language editor and translator. He is also a project manager at the NGO AS-PTA and an editor of Agriculturas, the Brazilian agroecology magazine.

Paula Daniela Orduz Ramos

Paula Daniela Orduz Ramos is our social media wizard. She is also an independent researcher on more-than-human relationships in agriculture.
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Collaborating organisations

Regional agroecology magazines

Rooted magazine, which is global in nature, is produced in close collaboration with several autonomous regional agroecology magazines. Currently, these are LEISA Revista de Agroecologia for Latin America and Agriculturas in Brazil.

Supporters

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