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When two young Rooted authors meet: Pratap Marode from Maharashtra, India weeding garlic with Ida Simonsen during a visit to Pluk! CSA in the Netherlands, April 2026. Both made a contribution to Rooted issue 4: ‘Youth leading the way in agroecology’. Photo: Ilaria Dereani

Editorial: Youth leading the way in agroecology

Across continents, languages and landscapes, young people are not waiting to be invited to transform food systems, they are already doing it through agroecology. The … read more >

A group of young people during an ecofeminism workshop. Photo: Riccardo Urban

Returning to resist: The agroecological revival of rural Veneto

A group of young people returned to the depopulated rural north of Italy after spending years abroad. For them, this was a political act. Since … read more >

Collective work in Chíquiza, Boyacá. Photo: El Convite Campesino Association

How agroecology is halting youth migration in rural Colombia

The migration of young people to urban areas in Colombia, driven by limited jobs and education in a context of violence, represents not only a … read more >

Participants discuss how new entrants can access grants and other resources during a 2024 Agroecology Exchange at Floreren Farm in Centrelea, Nova Scotia/Likalie’katik Mi’kma’ki. Photo: Paul Wartman

Interview: Tending the roots of agroecology in Nova Scotia/Mi’kma’ki

On the lands where the Mi’kmaq people have been nurturing foodways for millennia, young farmers and farmworkers from the National Farmers Union (NFU-NS) in the … read more >

Ida Simonsen as youth representative at a panel discussion “From policy to action: Youth shaping global agrifood systems” at the 2024 World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event in Rome. Photo: FAO World Food Forum

Performing youth participation: What young people learn and lose in global food governance

As a UN Youth Representative, Ida Simonsen witnessed how in many cases, youth participation in global food governance only serves to reproduce policymaking mechanisms that … read more >

A breakfast table arranged for World Food day celebrations in 2025, featuring many local sweets, savouries and fruits, along with seeds for sharing. Photo: Natasha Van-Hoff

Indigenous youth are rebuilding the future of Sri Lanka’s food system

Young people are taking on leadership roles in the Indigenous community in Rathugala, Sri Lanka. Against a backdrop of historical displacement, low incomes and high … read more >

Young Brazilian farmers learning about the LiteFarm app. Photo: Building Paths

Youth leading the way to data sovereignty in agroecology

In a world where corporate giants dominate, digital innovation in agriculture is often promoted as the primary solution to the global food crisis. But in … read more >

Synawiku Izquierdo Torres, an Iku (Arhuaco) Indigenous man from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, known by Indigenous People as Gonawindúa, the heart of the world. He looks toward the 'Black Line', a system of peripheral sacred spaces where acts of care and spiritual work are carried out for the territory, the body, family, food, health, and the Universe. Photo: Natalia Giraldo-Jaramillo, 2025

Editorial: Weaving resilience and resistance for systemic transformation

This edition of Rooted Magazine is published in conjunction with the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum, a landmark convergence of grassroots movements and organisations from around … read more >

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