A Green New Deal: The Specter Haunting Congress
March 29, 2019 9:51 pm Comments Off on A Green New Deal: The Specter Haunting CongressEveryone knew that the odds of the Green New Deal (GND) making it through the present Congress were slim to…
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Organic Farms Are Under Attack from Agribusiness, Weakened Standards
March 19, 2019 5:50 pm Comments Off on Organic Farms Are Under Attack from Agribusiness, Weakened StandardsThe certified organic label has helped save many generational farms and enabled people like me, who do not come from…
ECOLOGÍA POLÍTICA DE LA AGRICULTURA: Agroecología y posdesarrollo
March 15, 2019 4:38 pm Comments Off on ECOLOGÍA POLÍTICA DE LA AGRICULTURA: Agroecología y posdesarrolloTo download this as a PDF, click here.
Eric Holt-Giménez Presents ‘How to Feed the World Without Destroying It?’ on March 18 at UVM
March 13, 2019 4:46 pm Comments Off on Eric Holt-Giménez Presents ‘How to Feed the World Without Destroying It?’ on March 18 at UVMEric will be visiting UVM on Monday, March 18 and giving a talk in the Livak Ballroom of the Davis Center…
A Letter from Our Executive Director on His Retirement
March 4, 2019 5:38 pm Comments Off on A Letter from Our Executive Director on His RetirementWhen I left home fifty years ago, my mother hugged me, smiled, and said: Vaya con Dios—go with God. I…
Food First’s Executive Director Announces His Retirement
March 4, 2019 5:27 pm Comments Off on Food First’s Executive Director Announces His RetirementDear Friend of Food First, As President of the Food First Board of Directors, I am writing to share the…
Puede la agricultura urbana alimentar a las ciudades?
February 15, 2019 8:44 pm Comments Off on Puede la agricultura urbana alimentar a las ciudades?To view this article in English, click here. Universidad de California, Berkeley Centro LatinoAmericano de Investigaciones Agroecologicas (CELIA) En el…
How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities
February 14, 2019 6:48 pm Comments Off on How urban agriculture can improve food security in US citiesCover Photo: City Farm is a working sustainable farm that has operated in Chicago for over 30 years. Linda from…
Ecuador’s San Clemente: A Reflection of Shifted Indigenous Economies
February 5, 2019 7:58 pm Comments Off on Ecuador’s San Clemente: A Reflection of Shifted Indigenous EconomiesThe processed, pre-packaged food in the small, Ecuadorian indigenous village of San Clemente puzzled me. Why would a village so…
Campesinos y Ecologistas Ecuatorianos Ganan La Batalla en Contra de los Transgénicos
January 24, 2019 9:00 pm Comments Off on Campesinos y Ecologistas Ecuatorianos Ganan La Batalla en Contra de los TransgénicosUn Juez Constitucional de lo Civil del cantón Quevedo (Provincia de Los Ríos – Ecuador), aceptó una acción de protección…
Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?
January 7, 2019 8:03 pm Comments Off on Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?CONTACT: Erik Hazard, ehazard@foodfirst.org, 562-472-6908 (Oakland) In his new book titled Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It? Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of…
The Green New Deal: Fulcrum for the farm and food justice movement?
December 17, 2018 7:47 pm Comments Off on The Green New Deal: Fulcrum for the farm and food justice movement?Over eight decades ago, the Dust Bowl devastated over 100,000,000 acres of agricultural land and the Great Depression threw 15…
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