Farming in the mountains and plains of Kurdistan has always been more than a way to feed families; it is a way of life, a form of resistance, a connection to land holding deep memory. Long before industrial agriculture and state borders divided the region, Kurdish women cultivated a system of care that nourished both people and nature. Today, following decades of colonization, war, and environmental destruction, communities of Southern Kurdistan are reclaiming that legacy through an agroecology movement that links food sovereignty with freedom, Azadî.

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