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Wheat blessing: Jordan’s grassroot movement for food sovereignty

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Farming initiative promotes food independence in Jordan by converting unused urban land into productive wheat fields.

Wheat blessing: Jordan’s grassroot movement for food sovereignty

Drawn by the project’s values of sovereignty and independence, Masri took part in the sowing of wheat last month. The highlight, she says, was a group recitation of an ancient farmers’ prayer that celebrates wheat cultivation as a way of feeding not only people but also birds and ants, and being at one with nature.

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