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In this article I describe the recent process of leaving a volunteer role that had, over a number of years, brought me much joy and satisfaction. This process of leaving gave me the opportunity to reflect on the kinds of organisational cultures that may work best in supporting volunteers and paid staff, as well as organisations themselves, to flourish. Through my journey of leaving, I describe the value of asset based approaches, and caring for people for who they are, not de-valuing them for who they are not, as part of creating constructive and positive outcome oriented organisations.

Abstract Recent expansion in the organic food industry represents an increasing awareness amongst an array of actors of the implications of conventional agriculture. In particular, the organic agriculture movement has been driven by both organic producers and consumers concerned about the environmental implications of food production and the health effects associated with food consumption. The recent institutionalization of the organic movement in organic regulatory bodies and through the involvement of food companies has encapsulated other actors within this network. This paper looks specifically at Uncle Tobys, a producer of breakfast cereals, which joined this network when it decided to produce an organic breakfast cereal called "Organic Vita Brits." The integration of this company has expanded the range of actors participating within the organic network and altered the relationships between them. The temporary involvement of Uncle Tobys in the organic food industry has also resulted in a shift in the construction of meaning of "organic." The limited success, despite many efforts to appeal to green consumers, of Uncle Tobys within this network suggests that organic food remains a niche product, consumed by a minority of consumers.

This paper presents a political ecological analysis of the drivers and impacts of Green Revolution technologies – including improved seeds, chemical fertiliser and other agrochemicals – in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. We identify national government, foreign investment and philanthro-capital as key drivers in shaping both narratives and uptake of Green Revolution technologies at the local level. Drawing from interviews and focus groups, our findings demonstrate that Green Revolution technologies deliver a range of negative local-level socio-ecological impacts, including increasing the overall costs of production, as well as exacerbating poverty and inequality amongst farmers. Our findings demonstrate the disconnection between claims that Green Revolution technologies increase food security and income, and lived experiences of farmers.

This paper presents a political ecological analysis of the drivers and impacts of Green Revolution technologies – including improved seeds, chemical fertiliser and other agrochemicals – in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana. We identify national government, foreign investment and philanthro-capital as key drivers in shaping both narratives and uptake of Green Revolution technologies at the local level. Drawing from interviews and focus groups, our findings demonstrate that Green Revolution technologies deliver a range of negative local-level socio-ecological impacts, including increasing the overall costs of production, as well as exacerbating poverty and inequality amongst farmers. Our findings demonstrate the disconnection between claims that Green Revolution technologies increase food security and income, and lived experiences of farmers.

Nanotechnology is the fast growing science of the ultra small; it is creating engineered particles in the size range 1 to 100 nanometres. At this size, materials exhibit novel behaviours. Nanotechnology is a rapidly expanding multibillion dollar industry, with research being heavily promoted by governments, and especially the US. Nanoscale materials are already incorporated into more than 580 consumer products, including food, packaging, cosmetics, clothing and paint. Nanotechnology has been cited as the foundation of a new "advanced agriculture". This technology is advancing without nano-specific regulation and without labelling while, at the same time, public confidence in government regulatory agencies, and in the safety of the food supply, is declining. There is an opportunity, perhaps an imperative, for the organic community to take the initiative to develop standards to exclude engineered nanoparticles from organic products, just as GMOs have been excluded previously.

Nanotechnology is the fast growing science of the ultra small; it is creating engineered particles in the size range 1 to 100 nanometres. At this size, materials exhibit novel behaviours. Nanotechnology is a rapidly expanding multibillion dollar industry, with research being heavily promoted by governments, and especially the US. Nanoscale materials are already incorporated into more than 580 consumer products, including food, packaging, cosmetics, clothing and paint. Nanotechnology has been cited as the foundation of a new "advanced agriculture". This technology is advancing without nano-specific regulation and without labelling while, at the same time, public confidence in government regulatory agencies, and in the safety of the food supply, is declining. There is an opportunity, perhaps an imperative, for the organic community to take the initiative to develop standards to exclude engineered nanoparticles from organic products, just as GMOs have been excluded previously.

Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Introduction -- Encountering global crises -- Approach and structure of the book -- Positioning ourselves -- Part one -- Today's universities: content and challenges -The colonial roots and neoliberal takeover of higher education -- Heading upstream -- Neoliberal enclosure and its origins -- The neoliberal agenda -- Australia's tertiary enclosure -- Hospicing higher education -- The case for transgressive alternatives -- Universities and narratives of crisis -- The climate crisis -- Covid-19, social injustice and universities -- Universities at the crossroads -- The case for change -- Reimagining the university -- The 'glitch' -- Diverse spaces for reimagining the university -- Minor reforms: a life support for modernity -- Major reforms: new possibilities for thinking -and doing -differently -- Beyond reform: hopiscing a system in decline -- Conclusions -- Part two -- values and practices -- Decolonising higher education -- Neoliberalism as colonialism continued -- The ongoing coloniality of universities today -- Toward a decolonial university -- Decolonising pedagogies -- Taking aim at the property paradigm -- Indigenous study on its own terms: the Dechinta Bush University -- Can we decolonise a university of the common good? -- De-centralisation, equity and democratisation -- Introduction -- Bullshit governance: the stifling effects of managerialism -- Colonial shadows: homogeneity and governance -- Cooperative governance: benefits and new ecologies -- Alternative governance regimes -- 'Co-governance' : looking to Latin America -- The social science centre, Lincoln, England -- Towards democratic governance? -- Free universities: free learning, slow learning and decolonial learning on the university's threshold -- Reimagining universities from the outside in -- A brief history of free universities -- Free universities today' -- Class consciousness': revolutionising class content and pedagogies -- Reimagining time -- The decolonial potentials of free universities -- Beyond inside/outside thinking -- New horizons: regenerative and relational universities -- Introduction: beyond sustainability -- Cultures of regeneration and relationality -- Principles of regenerative/relational learning and unlearning -- Regenerative/relational learning within and beyond the academy -- Global movements toward regenerative/relational education -- Head, hand, heart: the Earth University and other regenerative/relational learning projects -- Translating regenerative/relational learning into universities -- Advocating for change -- Transformational change and its obstacles -- Conclusion -- Introduction -- What might we do -collectively -with this moment of possibility? -- Main arguments of this book -- Concluding with key claims.

As the threats of food insecurity loom ever larger, the world faces the sad irony of food shortages in the global South alongside a purported 'obesity epidemic' in the global North. The twin issues of food production and food access are of particular concern in the context of climate change, 'peak oil', biofuels, and land grabs by wealthy nations. Food Security, Nutrition and Sustainability offers critical insights by international scholars, with chapters on global food security, supermarket power, new technologies, and sustainability. The book also assesses the contributions of diet and nutri