{"id":3968,"date":"2018-10-30T07:46:39","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T07:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?page_id=3968"},"modified":"2025-06-23T08:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T08:55:46","slug":"resilient-farming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/act\/resilient-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilient Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                \n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignfull has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-pattern-p4-page-header is-style-parallax\">\n\n                <div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n                    <div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n                    \n                        <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-white-background-color has-background\">\n                            Call for healthier more resilient farms\n                        <\/h1>\n                    <\/div>\n                \n\n                \n                        <p style=\"font-size:1.25rem\">\n                            <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food production using ecological farming ensures healthy farming and healthy food for today and tomorrow, by protecting our soil, water, biodiversity and climate &#8211; while protecting the environment from hazardous chemical inputs and genetic engineering.<\/span>\n                        <\/p>\n                    \n\n                \n\n                <\/div>\n                <figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\"\n                        src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/dec53036-gp0stq8ij.jpg\"\n                        alt=\"\"\n                        sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 601px) 50vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/dec53036-gp0stq8ij.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/dec53036-gp0stq8ij-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/dec53036-gp0stq8ij-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/dec53036-gp0stq8ij-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-africa-stateless\/2018\/10\/dec53036-gp0stq8ij-510x340.jpg 510w\" class=\"wp-image-3971 size-full\"\n                    \/>\n                <\/figure>\n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <\/div>\n                \n                <div data-render=\"planet4-blocks\/columns\" data-attributes=\"{&quot;attributes&quot;:{&quot;columns&quot;:[{&quot;title&quot;:&quot; Why this matters?&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;Fixing our food system starts in our homes and communities, with simple choices, like the types of foods we eat, how they are produced and where we source our products. 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