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IPES-Food May 5

Who actually drives innovation in our #foodsystems?

Farmers have always been the innovators. But today “innovation” is often framed as delivered from the top down – raising questions about power and whose knowledge counts.
https://www.uvm.edu/instituteforagroecology/news/farmer-led-grassroots-innovation-makes-real-systems-change-possible

#agroecology #headinthecloud

Farmer-Led, Grassroots Innovation Makes Real Systems Change Possible | Institute for Agroecology | The University of Vermont

Across the globe, agroecological farmers are leading the way, preserving biodiversity, stewarding land and waterways with place-based knowledge, and nourishing their communities. Yet dominant funding systems, policy frameworks, and media narratives continue to undervalue their contributions and fail to uplift their innovations.

IPES-Food Mar 31

🎥 Missed it? Catch up now.

Who is shaping #innovation in #agriculture – and in whose interests?

Watch the launch of HEAD IN THE CLOUD, unpacking digital agriculture, power, and farmer-led alternatives.

👉https://youtu.be/lN8n6sGouCI?si=8hf4jkTQy1oujxGo
#Agroecology #FoodSystems #HeadInTheCloud

IPES-Food Mar 23

💻Farm data is the new battleground.

AI “precision” tools promise empowerment, but risk locking farmers into systems where data is extracted & monetised by #BigAg & #BigTech.

“Nature isn’t just data points,” says our @Nettie_Wiebe

🔗https://civileats.com/2026/03/23/a-hidden-crop-for-corporate-tech-farm-data/
#HeadInTheCloud

A Hidden Crop for Corporate Tech: Farm Data

Precision agriculture tools promise to ‘empower’ farmers with AI, but they may be signing away their rights to share the profits.

Civil Eats

ETC Group Mar 16

RT: @ViaCampesinaBE 📁⇄📁 HEAD IN THE CLOUD
👉https://ipes-food.org/report/head-in-the-cloud
🚜👨🏽‍🌾 Challenging the False Promise of #DigitalAgriculture and Cultivating #Innovation from the Ground Up✊🏽
Report @IPESfood
➡️ https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/head-in-the-cloud

#HeadInTheCloud
#Digital #Agriculture #Tech #Data
@_RajPatel @via_campesina

ViaCampesinaBE⁂⏚

#IpesFood New Report #HeadInTheCloud
📁⇄📁 HEAD IN THE CLOUD ⤵️
👉 https://ipes-food.org/report/head-in-the-cloud
Challenging #BigTech and #BigAg
False Promise of #DigitalAgriculture
and Cultivating #Innovation
from the Ground Up 🚜👨🏽‍🌾✊🏽

➡️ EN/ES/FR/PT: https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/head-in-the-cloud

@viacampesina_en

#HeadInTheCloud #Digital #Agriculture #BigTech #BigAg #StopCorporateCapture

ViaCampesinaBE⁂⏚

#IpesFood New Report #HeadInTheCloud
📁⇄📁 HEAD IN THE CLOUD ⤵️
👉 https://ipes-food.org/report/head-in-the-cloud
Challenging #BigTech and #BigAg
False Promise of #DigitalAgriculture
and Cultivating #Innovation
from the Ground Up 🚜👨🏽‍🌾✊🏽

➡️ EN/ES/FR/PT: https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/head-in-the-cloud

@viacampesina_en

#HeadInTheCloud #Digital #Agriculture #BigTech #BigAg #StopCorporateCapture

ViaCampesinaBE⁂⏚

#IpesFood New Report #HeadInTheCloud
📁⇄📁 HEAD IN THE CLOUD ⤵️
👉 https://ipes-food.org/report/head-in-the-cloud
Challenging #BigTech and #BigAg
False Promise of #DigitalAgriculture
and Cultivating #Innovation
from the Ground Up 🚜👨🏽‍🌾✊🏽

➡️ EN/ES/FR/PT: https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/head-in-the-cloud

@viacampesina_en

#HeadInTheCloud #Digital #Agriculture #BigTech #BigAg #StopCorporateCapture

ViaCampesinaBE⁂⏚

#IpesFood New Report #HeadInTheCloud
📁⇄📁 HEAD IN THE CLOUD ⤵️
👉 https://ipes-food.org/report/head-in-the-cloud
Challenging #BigTech and #BigAg
False Promise of #DigitalAgriculture
and Cultivating #Innovation
from the Ground Up 🚜👨🏽‍🌾✊🏽

➡️ EN/ES/FR/PT: https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/head-in-the-cloud

@viacampesina_en

#HeadInTheCloud #Digital #Agriculture #BigTech #BigAg #StopCorporateCapture

ViaCampesinaBE⁂⏚

#IpesFood New Report #HeadInTheCloud
📁⇄📁 HEAD IN THE CLOUD ⤵️
👉 https://ipes-food.org/report/head-in-the-cloud
Challenging #BigTech and #BigAg
False Promise of #DigitalAgriculture
and Cultivating #Innovation
from the Ground Up 🚜👨🏽‍🌾✊🏽

➡️ EN/ES/FR/PT: https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/head-in-the-cloud

@viacampesina_en

#HeadInTheCloud #Digital #Agriculture #BigTech #BigAg #StopCorporateCapture

ViaCampesinaBE⁂⏚

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#StopCorporateCapture #BigTech #BigAg

—- EN —-
#HeadInTheCloud #Digital #Agriculture
HEAD IN THE CLOUD
https://ipes-food.org/report/head-in-the-cloud
Challenging the False Promise of #DigitalAgriculture and Cultivating #Innovation from the Ground Up
https://ipes-food.org/report-summary/head-in-the-cloud

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#HeadInTheCloud #Agricultura #Digital
CON LA CABEZA EN LA NUBE
https://ipes-food.org/es/report/la-cabeza-en-la-nube
Un contrapunto a las falsas promesas de la #AgriculturaDigital para cultivar la #innovación desde las raíces
https://ipes-food.org/es/resumen-del-informe/la-cabeza-en-la-nube

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#HeadInTheCloud #Agriculture #Numérique
LA TÊTE DANS LE CLOUD
https://ipes-food.org/fr/rapport/la-tete-dans-les-nuages
Déconstruire la fausse promesse de l’ #AgricultureNumérique et faire émerger l’ #innovation à partir du terrain
https://ipes-food.org/fr/resume-du-rapport/la-tete-dans-les-nuages

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#HeadInTheCloud #Agricultura #Digital
COM A CABEÇA NA NUVEM
https://ipes-food.org/pt/report/cabeca-na-nuvem
Um contraponto às promessas ilusórias da #AgriculturaDigital em prol da #inovação de raiz
https://ipes-food.org/pt/resumo-do-relatorio/cabeca-na-nuvem

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