Big Ag’s Fight for Twitter Credibility
February 17, 2015 5:55 pm Comments Off on Big Ag’s Fight for Twitter CredibilityMany consumers and food activists use social media platforms to stay informed and engage in important debates about the future…
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Water as Commodity: The Wrong Prescription
February 12, 2015 3:46 pm Comments Off on Water as Commodity: The Wrong PrescriptionIn celebration of our 40th anniversary year, Food First is revisiting past publications from our rich archive of analyses on…
Food First Trade Principles
February 2, 2015 6:07 pm Comments Off on Food First Trade PrinciplesIn celebration of our 40th anniversary year, Food First is revisiting past publications from our rich archive of analyses on…
Chant Down Babylon: Building Relationship, Leadership and Power in the Food Movement
January 23, 2015 7:22 pm Comments Off on Chant Down Babylon: Building Relationship, Leadership and Power in the Food MovementThe following is an excerpt, reprinted with permission, from Chant Down Babylon: Building Relationship, Leadership, and Power in the Food Justice Movement…
The Myth: Scarcity. The Reality: There IS enough food.
January 22, 2015 3:35 am Comments Off on The Myth: Scarcity. The Reality: There IS enough food.In celebration of our 40th anniversary year, Food First is revisiting past publications from our rich archive of analyses on…
Puerto Rico: Monsanto Hires Marketing Firm to Poll Citizens on GMOs
January 6, 2015 7:49 pm Comments Off on Puerto Rico: Monsanto Hires Marketing Firm to Poll Citizens on GMOsThe Monsanto corporation hired a marketing firm to poll the Puerto Rican citizenry about the subject of GM seeds and…
Ayotzinapa’s Uncomfortable Dead
December 18, 2014 3:49 pm Comments Off on Ayotzinapa’s Uncomfortable DeadVivos se los llevaron y vivos los queremos. “Alive, they were taken, and alive we want them back,” became the…
Open Letter from AFSA Opposing Human Feeding Trials with GM Bananas
December 9, 2014 4:25 pm Comments Off on Open Letter from AFSA Opposing Human Feeding Trials with GM Bananas“The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa questions what firm conclusions can be drawn from feeding trials of young people…
As UNFCCC Convenes in Peru, Free Trade and Extractivism Undermine Climate Justice
December 3, 2014 10:52 pm Comments Off on As UNFCCC Convenes in Peru, Free Trade and Extractivism Undermine Climate JusticeBetween December 1st and 12th, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) parties will meet for the twentieth…
With Hip Hop and Pop Ups, Oakland Food Policy Council Celebrates Five Years
December 2, 2014 3:33 pm Comments Off on With Hip Hop and Pop Ups, Oakland Food Policy Council Celebrates Five YearsEvery single one of the 200-odd food policy councils in North America has its own, distinct flavor. Some have been…
Food Justice in the City: Report on the Black Farmers and Urban Growers Conference
December 1, 2014 6:27 pm Comments Off on Food Justice in the City: Report on the Black Farmers and Urban Growers ConferenceModerator’s Note: It is our privilege to present a guest blog prepared by Jacqueline A. Smith, a Chicago-based urban farmer…
International Food Workers’ Week: Support Our Everyday Food Heroes
November 12, 2014 9:00 am Comments Off on International Food Workers’ Week: Support Our Everyday Food HeroesThe week of Nov. 23 – 29 will mark the Third Annual International Food Workers Week (IFFW) organized by the…
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