This kickoff session traces what has grown since the inaugural D:Food track in 2024 — in tools, practitioner networks, and research — and orients participants to the core themes shaping this year's D:Food programming. Join us for a generative discussion taking stock of what the ecosystem has cultivated together at the intersection of food and tech sovereignty, and how to get involved in what's next.

This panel dives into the critical questions surrounding the rapid development of agricultural technology. This panel brings together civil society leaders, global network builders, and researchers to critically assess the upstream and downstream risks of AgTech—from agricultural machinery and biotechnology to corporate digital enclosures. Moving beyond abstract critique, each speaker will share concrete frameworks and field methodologies illustrating how communities can evaluate, resist, or actively co-design tools that champion true food sovereignty and regional technical autonomy.

How do we tap into collective intelligence without relying solely on words? This participatory, 60-minute session offers something rare in technology-focused spaces: a liberatory invitation to step out of the head and into the body. Using the "Co-Oracle" methodology, this session treats collective, improvisational movement as a site of revelation. Participants will submit real questions they are holding—from their projects, their communities, or their practice—and the group will respond not with discussion, but with improvised movement to make the implicit explicit and surface unspoken truths and shared patterns.

In this talk, we will present the LABLAB experience: a participatory prototyping process held in Southeast Brazil that culminated in the LABLAB Camp, bringing together practitioners of agroecology, community technologies, open-source and decentralized approaches to strengthen our practices and networks.

How do small-scale agroecological farmers successfully incorporate and govern their own technologies? This session bridges the vital social dimensions of decentralized tech with real-world, grassroots applications. Drawing from her work in Brazil, Nadia Coelho Pontes will open the session by unpacking the human, cultural, and community elements required to build digital infrastructure that truly serves local needs. The session will then transition into case studies from Luke Smith (Origin Co-op), Tamisha Lee (Jamaica Network of Rural Women Producers), and Abdallah Nyangason (African Bee Consultants), who will share their firsthand experiences building community-led solutions across different global contexts.
Finally, all presenters will converge for a 30-minute interactive discussion, inviting attendees to synthesize the learnings and reflect on their own contexts and regions.

In the face of increasing climate disasters, social unrest, and the collapse of long-held economic systems, people around the globe have been building innovative solutions that empower, engage, and protect their communities - providing alternatives that are both locally relevant and globally applicable.

This panel convenes practitioners working across countries and contexts doing the work to share what community designed, owned, and governed infrastructure requires to effectively mitigate the growing effects of climate, social, and economic rupture, and approaches to scale.

The workshops. The provocative talks. The deep technical problems. What questions and conversations have risen up for you?
Bring them to the Linden Theater for two afternoons of Unconference!

We'll gather back in the Linden Theater for the Unconference Closing Gathering to share experiences, learnings, and invitations for what's next. Everyone will have had a unique experience of different sessions, so we gather to share and learn from others.