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The Food First Blog features news from the US and global food movement, and original analysis from Food First staff, fellows, board members, allies and research interns. Blog highlights are featured in our monthly e-newsletters. Click here to subscribe.

The Bonn Climate Talks: Farming, Global Warming, and Disaster Capitalism

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 20, 2017

Eric Holt-Giménez is the author of the new book A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of What We…

By Changing our Food System Can We Change Capitalism?

Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Nov 16, 2017

By Changing our Food System Can We Change Capitalism? “A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism” shines light on global impact of…

Video: Author Eric Holt-Giménez Discusses A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism

Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Nov 15, 2017

Co-published with Monthly Review Press Available November 2017, $25 from foodfirst.org For review copies or interview and speaking inquiries with author Eric…

Out of the ashes:  Rebuilding Resilience with our Food and Farming Community in Sonoma

Blog | Caitlin Hachmyer and Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 15, 2017

By Caitlin Hachmyer, Land Justice: Re-imagining Land, Food and the Commons in the United States contributing author and farmer, Red H Farm;…

Q&A with Eric Holt-Giménez on A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 13, 2017

Co-published with Monthly Review Press. Available November 2017  from Food First Books. For review copies or interview and speaking inquiries with author Eric Holt-Giménez, please…

Libros de Food First en colaboración con Groundswell International, presenta la traducción de un libro nuevo TIERRA FÉRTIL: Desarrollando la agroecología de abajo hacia arriba

Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Nov 3, 2017

CONTACTO: Erik Hazard, ehazard@foodfirst.org, (510) 654-4400 ext. 230 Food First Libros en colaboración con Groundswell International presentará la traducción a…

Jornadas Agroecologicas: On the Agroecology Trail in Ecuador

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 3, 2017

In 2009 Ecuador adopted food sovereignty into their constitution. It was a long, hard-fought and well organized campaign carried out…

US Agroecology Community Leaders Travel to South Africa for Learning Exchange

Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Oct 10, 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contacts: Simone Adler, Organizing Director, Community Alliance for Global Justice |simone@cagj.org | 215-873-4672 Corbin Laedlein, Global Linkages Program…

Puerto Rico: A Showcase for Vulnerability in the Caribbean

Blog | Georges F. Félix | Oct 4, 2017

Home page slide photo by fotografia cole, CC / BY.  Georges Félix is a Puerto Rican food sovereignty activist and…

In Cuba, a Cornucopia of Better Farms and Gardens

Blog | Carrington Morris | Oct 2, 2017

Photos by Carrington Morris. This article and the accompanying photos were originally published in Edible Long Island and appears in the September-October…

Announcing the 2017 Food Sovereignty Prize Recipients

Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Sep 28, 2017

CONTACT: Ahna Kruzic, Director of Publications & Communications, Food First akruzic@foodfirst.org, (510) 927-5379 The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) is pleased…

Land Justice: The Grounding of the Food Movement

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Sep 26, 2017

Land justice is the idea that people and communities that have been historically oppressed have a right to land and…