The US Food Aid Industry: Food for Peace or Food for Profit?
Blog | Brock Hicks | Mar 26, 2013
On February 21st, 69 organizations submitted a letter to President Barack Obama in support of continued funding for Public Law 480 (also known as…
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Quinoa: To Buy or Not to Buy… Is This the Right Question?
Blog | Tanya M. Kerssen | Feb 15, 2013
We’ve been hearing a lot about quinoa lately.[1] While US consumers prize it as a delicious ‘super-food,’ there is growing…
Honduras: The War on Peasants
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Tanya M. Kerssen | Feb 7, 2013
Two more peasants were assassinated by paramilitary units last week in Honduras. This brings the murder of subsistence farmers and indigenous leaders…
We’ve Picked our Winner of a Free Food Sovereignty Tour!
Blog | Katie Brimm | Feb 4, 2013
We are pleased to announce the second winner of our Free Food Sovereignty Tour drawing, Bob Studzinski. Bob is a…
Fermenting Tradition: Kimchi in South Korea
Blog | Patricia Paskov | Feb 4, 2013
Koreans consume a whopping 2 million tons of kimchi a year, and they’re not the only ones.[i] As the raw…
Food Sovereignty in Mexico: Reflections from a FST Scholarship Recipient
Blog | Kristin Pak | Dec 18, 2012
[In 2011] Food Sovereignty Tours gave me the opportunity to learn about the agricultural and culinary history of Oaxaca from indigenous experts.…
La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle
Blog | Esther Vivas | Dec 18, 2012
Via Campesina is the world’s foremost international movement of small farmers. It promotes the right of all peoples to food…
Bolivian Quinoa: To Eat or to Export?
Blog | Hayley Currier | Dec 16, 2012
Earlier this year, Mother Jones published a piece entitled “5 Ways to Sip a Cocktail and Save the World.” First…
Broadening the Base: EcoVillage Farm and the Food Justice Movement
Blog | Brock Hicks | Dec 15, 2012
Shyaam M. Shabaka, the founder and director of EcoVillage and a Food First board member, has a wealth of knowledge…
Minimum Wage Messaging Toolkit: Ways to Combat the Tactics That Attempt to Divide Us
Blog | Leah Scrivener | Dec 13, 2012
The arguments against a raised minimum wage are rooted in corporate interest that seeks to put profit over people, and…
Eating From the Milpa: Homemade Oaxacan Corn Tortillas with Black Beans
Blog | Agnes Bridge-Walton | Oct 29, 2012
The state of Oaxaca in the south of Mexico extends upwards from tropical coastal plains to heavily wooded mountainsides and…
An International Case for the Passing of California’s Proposition 37
Blog | Caroline Dezendorf | Oct 29, 2012
California’s Proposition 37—a ballot initiative to be put to California voters on November 6th—has ignited a fierce debate over genetically…
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