On the Table – Back to Our Roots: Eating Well on a Small Planet
Blog | Katie Brimm | Jul 31, 2014
Over forty years ago, Frances Moore Lappé was just starting to ask the questions that would formulate her groundbreaking book, Diet…
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Overcoming the Obstacles to Agroecology
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jul 9, 2014
Known as the “science of sustainable agriculture,” agroecology is also a practice and a movement. For, Ricardo Salvador, Director of…
What Does it Take to Attract Pollinators?
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jul 7, 2014
“Look, there she is!” Emiliano Juarez is whispering, pointing a finger at a tiny bee busily rummaging around in a…
What Place for Urban Farmers in the International Year of Family Farming?
Blog | Leonor Hurtado and Paula Jaramillo | Jul 1, 2014
The UN declared 2014 as the “International Year of Family Farming” (IYFF) in recognition of the importance of family farms…
On the Table—Japchae: A Korean History Lesson
Blog | Food Sovereignty Tours | Jun 26, 2014
By Sofia Salazar-Rubio, Movements Editor No Korean feast is complete without a colorful plate of japchae (or chapch’ae), a stir-fry of glass noodles and vegetables.…
No Progress Without Struggle: The first self-organized strike by Italy’s migrant farmworkers
Blog | Yvan Sagnet | Jun 26, 2014
Translated by Giuseppe Rensi and edited by Sofia Salazar-Rubio Originally published in Lo Straniero[1] In the summer of 2011, about…
Creating Knowledge for Food Sovereignty: New issue of the Nyéléni newsletter
Blog | Nyéléni Newsletter | Jun 25, 2014
There is movement in the many worlds that are creating knowledge for food sovereignty! The stories in this newsletter provide…
Vermont’s Invisible Farmworkers
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 25, 2014
A couple of months ago I was invited to give a keynote address at the University of Vermont’s Food Systems…
The 2014 World Food Prize: Onward to the Glorious Past
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 24, 2014
On June 18th Secretary of State John Kerry announced that plant breeder Sanjaya Rajaram would be the 2014 winner of…
Petition: End modern slavery in prawn & shrimp production
Blog | Sum of Us | Jun 22, 2014
They kept me chained up, they didn’t care about me or give me any food…They sold us like animals, but…
Land & Sovereignty in the Americas: Report Back from Brasilia
Blog | Zoe Brent | Jun 4, 2014
Around 30 professors, students, NGOs and social movement representatives gathered in Brasilia May 5-7, 2014 for an International Seminar on…
Life on the Bolivian Altiplano: Reflections from a Food Sovereignty Tour Participant
Blog | Dolores Schaefer | May 27, 2014
Bolivia is a fascinating country. I lived there for several months in the early 1970s and it changed my life,…
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