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Blog | Peter Rosset | Feb 2, 2015
In celebration of our 40th anniversary year, Food First is revisiting past publications from our rich archive of analyses on…
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On the Table—Women of the Sea: South Korea’s Intrepid Women Divers
Blog | Sofia Salazar-Rubio | Jan 29, 2015
Jeju, a small island province off South Korea’s southern coast, is known for its high-quality abalone as well as the…
Chant Down Babylon: Building Relationship, Leadership and Power in the Food Movement
Blog | D’Artagnan Scorza, Malik Yakini and Nikki Silvestri | Jan 23, 2015
The 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.
Blog | Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins and Peter Rosset | Jan 22, 2015
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
Blog | Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero | Jan 6, 2015
The Monsanto corporation hired a marketing firm to poll the Puerto Rican citizenry about the subject of GM seeds and…
On the Table — Prosperous Plates: Eating for Luck on New Year’s Eve
Blog | Sofia Salazar-Rubio | Dec 30, 2014
The beginning of a new year represents an opportunity to leave the past behind and start anew. Cultures around the…
Ayotzinapa’s Uncomfortable Dead
Blog | Charlotte María Sáenz | Dec 18, 2014
Vivos se los llevaron y vivos los queremos. “Alive, they were taken, and alive we want them back,” became the…
Agroecology and the Disappearing Yield Gap
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 10, 2014
The more scientists actually study agroecology, the better it looks. The largest meta-analysis to date comparing yields of organic and…
Open Letter from AFSA Opposing Human Feeding Trials with GM Bananas
Blog | Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) | Dec 9, 2014
“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
Blog | Teresa K. Miller | Dec 3, 2014
Between 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
Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Dec 2, 2014
Every 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
Blog | Devon Peña | Dec 1, 2014
Moderator’s Note: It is our privilege to present a guest blog prepared by Jacqueline A. Smith, a Chicago-based urban farmer…
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