The word 'peasant' is usually thought to be synonymous with 'poor', 'unsophisticated' and 'ignorant'. But a movement of over 200 million peasant farmers and land workers around the world, united under La Via Campesina, are rising up to reclaim this word and harness the collective knowledge and power that they hold to build solidarity in their struggles and fight for a more harmonious, just and interconnected world. As a part of the COP26 People's Summit, the Landworkers' Alliance hosted a series of events on climate and land justice.  This episode, is part 1 of a 5 part mini-series from the Global Peasant Led Struggles event that took place on 7th November 2021 and explores the impacts of the climate crisis in Puerto Rico and the UK, finding hope in Agroecology. Speakers are Marissa Réyés from Organización Boricua and Dee Woods from LWA. 

This series of COP26 podcasts brought to you by The Landworkers Alliance and Frontline Foodcast, looks at how food sovereignty and agroecology offer key solutions to the climate crisis and contribute significantly to the wider climate justice movement.