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The Green New Deal: Fulcrum for the farm and food justice movement?

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 17, 2018

Over eight decades ago, the Dust Bowl devastated over 100,000,000 acres of agricultural land and the Great Depression threw 15…

Berkeley y la traición de su legado agrícola

Blog | Miguel Altieri | Nov 29, 2018

La Universidad de California-Berkeley, UCB, es una universidad establecida en tierras públicas cedidas por el gobierno federal en virtud de…

Bienvenido al Territorio: Compartiendo historias con el movimiento alimentario australiano

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 27, 2018

“Cada uno de nosotros tiene un tótem. Puede ser un animal o un árbol. No podemos comerlo y debemos cuidarlo…

This Thanksgiving, Remember the People’s History of Our Food

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 21, 2018

“Afterwards they (as many as were able) began to plant their corn, in which service Squanto [Tisquantum] stood them in…

Berkeley: The Betrayal of an Agricultural Legacy

Blog | Miguel Altieri | Nov 19, 2018

Cover Photo: Miguel Altieri speaking at “Occupy the Farm.” The University of California-Berkeley is a land-grant university, established by the…

Welcome to Country: Talking story with the Australian food movement

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 7, 2018

“Each one of us has a totem. It can be an animal or a tree. We can’t eat it and…

US Food Sovereignty Alliance IV National Assembly: Land Trusts, Collectives, and Hope

Blog | Alyshia Silva and Erik Hazard | Nov 2, 2018

This October, on the lands of the Lummi and the Nooksack peoples of Coast Salish Territory—in the place now called…

Peasants’ Rights Declaration Presented Before the UN General Assembly

Blog | La Vía Campesina | Oct 26, 2018

New York – October 26, 2018 – The “UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural…

Boricuá movimiento agrícola de Puerto Rico gana el Premieo de Soberanía Alimentaria de los Estados Unidos

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Oct 18, 2018

To view this article in English, click here. Boricuá organización para la agricultura ecológica de Puerto Rico recibió el Premio…

Puerto Rican Farmer’s Movement Boricuá Wins US Food Sovereignty Prize

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Oct 14, 2018

To view this article in Spanish, click here. The Boricuá organization for ecological agriculture of Puerto Rico has been named…

What Aussie Farmers Really Need Is Farm Justice

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Eva Perroni | Oct 10, 2018

This article was originally published by the Sydney Environmental Institute on October 10, 2018. Click here to view the original…

Announcing the 2018 Food Sovereignty Prize Honorees

Blog | USFSA | Sep 28, 2018

This article was originally posted by US Food Sovereignty Alliance The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) is delighted to announce the…