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Vigan’s Public Market: The Commons in the Hands of Farmers and the Poor

Blog | David Bacon | Sep 26, 2019

In the last two or three decades, the food sovereignty movement has been reinventing an institution – the farmers’ market…

The Forest Farms Still Stand: Indonesia’s Krui Forest Farmers Persist in the Face of Capitalism’s Relentless Squeeze

Blog | David Gilbert | Sep 11, 2019

One January morning in the middle of Indonesia’s rainy season I joined a few activist-ecologist friends for an eight hour…

Escaping the Circle of Poison in the US

Blog | Miriam Osman | Sep 6, 2019

This July, the EPA announced that it would not ban Chlorpyrifos, allowing their sale for non-household use to continue to…

Parity pricing: for climate and economic justice

Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Aug 30, 2019

This post was originally published at Pesticide Action Network: North America. I went home to Iowa back in July, and…

Farmworkers Rise Up Against Trump and Labor Exploitation

Blog | David Bacon | Aug 12, 2019

Marchers take part in the Farmworker March for Dignity 2019, on August 4, 2019, in Whatcom County, Washington.  David Bacon …

Antitrust on the Campaign Trail: Will the Candidates Do What It Takes?

Blog | Heidi Kleiner | Jul 9, 2019

Antitrust law are back on the political agenda, thanks to the 2020 presidential campaign. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and other…

Trade War with China: The Crisis (and the Solution) Behind the Hype

Blog | Heidi Kleiner | Jun 11, 2019

The US trade war with China and its impacts on agriculture have occupied a lot of media time. But none…

Food First Announces New Executive Director

Blog | Food First | Jun 5, 2019

CONTACT: Erik Hazard, ehazard@foodfirst.org, 510 – 654 – 4400 Ext. 221 (Oakland) The Food First Board of Directors and staff…

What’s Cooking at Food First: Black bean and Sweet Potato Stew

Blog | Marilyn Borchardt | May 23, 2019

Black Beans are known in the Basque Country as Tolosa Beans. On occasion, we have grown shelling beans in our…

What is parity? (And why you should care)

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Heidi Kleiner | May 20, 2019

During a recent campaign stump through the Midwest, Bernie Sanders walked the fields in Iowa, posed on a tractor, and…

Building Food Sovereignty in Tunisia

Blog | Habib Ayeb | May 2, 2019

The Tunisian government is in high-level talks to remove the last crumbling barriers protecting Tunisian agriculture. Efforts to capitalize on…

Fernando Funes explica su compromiso y trabajo de producción agroecológica en la Finca Marta

Blog | Finca Marta and Leonor Hurtado | Apr 26, 2019

“El proyecto está liderado por Fernando Rafael Funes Monzote, ingeniero agrónomo y doctor en ecología de la producción y conservación…