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Imprescindibles: Reforma Agraria, Agroecología y Soberanía Alimentaria

Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Sep 7, 2018

“La opción por la agroecología es también la opción por la soberanía alimentaria”, es una conclusión del artículo Agroecología en…

Is Prison Labor the Future of Our Food System?

Blog | Sarah Evans | Sep 7, 2018

Prisoners are being used to fill the growing shortage of farmworkers —shortages that in large part are caused by the…

Food Waste: Valuing a New Commodity

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Aug 29, 2018

A commodity is, in the first place an object outside us, a thing that by its properties satisfies human wants…

Food Sovereignty Tours Transition

Blog | Food First | Aug 29, 2018

To Our Food First Family, What does Food Sovereignty actually look like? In 2010, this question led us to launch…

The Ugly Truth of Ugly Produce

Blog | The Phat Beets Crew | Aug 16, 2018

Back in 2015 we at Phat Beets Produce received a curious email from a “startup” produce company serving the East…

Symposium Takes on Food and Land Justice

Blog | Lauren Everett | Aug 13, 2018

This article was originally published on Solutions Blog at Sustainability – Portland State University. In May 2018, the Graduate Certificate…

Parity and Farm Justice: Recipe for a Resilient Food System

Blog | Ahna Kruzic, George Naylor and Patti Edwardson Naylor | Jul 25, 2018

Click here to download this backgrounder, or view in full below. Every 4-5 years, the U.S. Farm Bill bounces back…

Coffee and the Shock Doctrine in Puerto Rico

Blog | Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer | Jul 24, 2018

In Naomi Klein’s framework, The Shock Doctrine is the well-worn strategy of capitalist development in the “shock” mode. Part of…

Another Food System is Necessary: USFSA organizing its IV National Assembly

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jul 11, 2018

Our food is being used as a weapon, and we are living in a political moment that demands coordinated action.…

Manifesto del VII Congreso Internacional de Agroecología, Córdoba 30 y 31 de Mayo y 1 de Junio de 2018

Blog | Observatorio de Soberaníá Alimentaria Y Agroecologíá | Jul 5, 2018

Este articulo es de Observatorio de Soberaníá Alimentaria Y Agroecologíá Es urgente romper los moldes del heteropatriarcado y sus formas…

Food, Coops, Capitalism

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 11, 2018

Photo Credit: Herb Neufield, CC BY 2.0 Last week, I travelled to Portland, Oregon to give a keynote presentation to…