What is the social and environmental cost concealed in those bags of frozen prawns found in supermarkets throughout the Global North?
Thomas Friedman once said the hidden hand of the market needs the hidden fist of the military. The TPP and…
A lot of damage can be done with just a few words. In no other context is this as true…
In November, Food First Research Coordinator Tanya Kerssen took part in a Human Rights and Elections Monitoring Delegation to Honduras.…
On September 20th, California Governor Jerry Brown passed historic legislation regulating hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, prompting mixed reactions from both…
As both a flagship product in the country’s development plan, and a crop produced by indigenous peasants, quinoa illustrates the contradictions inherent to food sovereignty discourse and practice in Bolivia.
The TPP brings agriculture back into multilateral trade negotiations with a vengeance.
On February 21st, 69 organizations submitted a letter to President Barack Obama in support of continued funding for Public Law 480 (also known as…
We’ve been hearing a lot about quinoa lately.[1] While US consumers prize it as a delicious ‘super-food,’ there is growing…
The livelihood opportunities of small and marginal landholders were becoming increasingly squeezed, leading to a proliferation of debt in the Indian countryside.
With the global food crisis, international agreement has emerged regarding the importance of smallholder agriculture in the battle against hunger and poverty.
For decades small farmers and activists have used fair trade to build collective power. But changes in certification have allowed large corporations to enter this market.
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