Food First Blog

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.

Global Quinoa and Andean Foodways

Blog | Fabiana Li and Claudia Urdanivia | Jul 16, 2020

Cover photo: Field of potatoes that will be seeded with quinoa the following season. Photo by Fabiana Li.  Variously advertised…

A Message from the Food First Board President

Blog | Joyce E. King | Jun 29, 2020

As Nigerian novelist Chimananda Ngozi Adichie wisely counsels: “The danger of a single story” is that it makes one incomplete…

Following Up On Our Previous Board Statement About Leadership Change

Blog | Food First Board of Directors | Jun 29, 2020

The board of directors of Food First believes deeply in the organization’s mission “to end the injustices that cause hunger…

Leadership Update: A Message from the Food First Board of Directors

Blog | Food First | Jun 25, 2020

The Institute for Food and Development Policy, better known as Food First, works to end the injustices that cause hunger…

Who, What, and How Much Is Essential?

Blog | Tony VanWinkle | Jun 22, 2020

Every other year I teach a course titled, “Security, Sovereignty, and Justice in the Global Food System” at a small,…

Solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and All Who Fight to Dismantle White Supremacy

Blog | Food First | Jun 9, 2020

“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice…

Watch: A Whiskey with Raj Patel, Ahna Kruzic, Jim Goodman, and M. Jahi Chappell

Blog | Food First | Jun 3, 2020

On Tuesday, June 2nd, Food First’s M. Jahi Chappell was joined by Raj Patel, Ahna Kruzic, and Jim Goodman to…

Times of Crisis Demand Counterstories for Change

Blog | Eva Perroni | May 30, 2020

The world is currently bearing witness to a unique historical moment. Profound and catastrophic environmental, economic, and health crises are…

Sneak Peak: Family Farmers and Farmworkers Face the Virus

Blog | David Bacon | May 21, 2020

The following is an excerpt from our upcoming, special edition Backgrounder on COVID-19 and the food system. The COVID Crisis…

COVID, food, and the Parable of the Shmoo

Blog | M. Jahi Chappell | May 21, 2020

The following is an excerpt from an article at the Journal of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. To…

Cargill Knowingly Risked the Health of its Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic to Maximize Profits

Blog | GRAIN | May 6, 2020

This article was originally published by GRAIN. Cargill has now joined the WH Group/Smithfield in having a meat processing plant…

LVC North America Declares Its Support for Working Class Mobilization On May Day in the Face of COVID-19

Blog | La Via Campesina - North America | May 1, 2020

PDF here. On this May 1st, the member organizations of La Via Campesina-North America stand with every food system worker…