Building, defending and strengthening agroecology, a new ILEIA publication
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Sep 28, 2015
A new publication and video explore the meaning and politics of agroecology from social movement perspectives. They are produced by…
Global Crises & Global Movements
Responding to global food, fuel and financial crises, social movements are forming new ways of building social power and creating effective, community-based alternatives. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Global Crises & Global Movements
Food First: Selected Writings From 40 Years of Movement Building
Book | Tanya M. Kerssen and Teresa K. Miller | Sep 21, 2015
This book looks back on forty years of writings from Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy on the occasion of its 40th anniversary.
World Hunger: Ten Myths
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins | Aug 15, 2015
In this Backgrounder we encapsulate 40 years of learning and in-depth new research to reframe ten such ways of thinking explored in our latest book World Hunger: 10 Myths.
Food Sovereignty: Global Rallying Cry of Farmer Movements
Blog | Peter Rosset | May 18, 2015
In celebration of our 40th anniversary year, Food First is revisiting past publications from our rich archive of analyses on…
World Hunger: 10 Myths
Book | Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins | May 14, 2015
From bestselling authors Frances Moore Lappé and Joseph Collins comes the definitive book on world hunger today. Lappé and Collins dispel the myths that prevent us from finding solutions to hunger across the globe.
Food Sovereignty: Convergence and contradictions, conditions and challenges
Academic Publication | Alberto Alonso-Fradejas, Eric Holt-Giménez, Martha Jane Robbins, Saturnino M. Borras and Todd Holmes | May 6, 2015
Third World Quarterly (2015) 36:3, 431-448.
Critical Perspectives on Food Sovereignty
Academic Publication | Amita Baviskar, Deniz Kandiyoti, Eric Holt-Giménez, James C. Scott, Marc Edelman, Saturnino M. Borras, Tony Weis and Wendy Wolford | Dec 1, 2014
The Journal of Peasant Studies, Volume 41, Issue 6, 2014
Tangled Roots and Bitter Fruit: What Ferguson can teach the food movement
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 29, 2014
The public outcry following the decision of the grand jury of St. Louis County, Missouri not to indict police officer…
Terra Madre Keynote Speech – Food Sovereignty and Food Movements: Time for Transformation
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 5, 2014
The following is the Keynote speech delivered by Eric Holt-Giménez at the Terra Madre conference in Turin, Italy, on October…
Climate Change and Food Sovereignty: The People’s Climate March
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Teresa K. Miller | Sep 11, 2014
The best intentions of world leaders tend to sputter and fail without the power of social movements pushing hard to…
Food Sovereignty Tours: Can “alternative tourism” contribute to food sovereignty?
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Katie Brimm, Tanya M. Kerssen and Zoe Brent | Aug 14, 2014
Can educational, justice-focused travel be a tool to build social movements while avoiding the injustices generated by both conventional and alternative tourism?
Regional Policy Frameworks of Social Solidarity Economy in South America
Academic Publication | Marcelo Saguier and Zoe Brent | Jun 1, 2014
This paper looks at how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) discourse has been deployed in South America.
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