What Does Food Sovereignty Look Like?
Academic Publication | Raj Patel | Jul 1, 2009
In The Journal of Peasant Studies, Volume 36, Issue 3, 2009. Hannah Arendt observed that the first right, above all others, is the right to have rights.
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
The World Food Crisis: What’s behind it and what we can do about it
Policy Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez | Oct 1, 2008
The food crisis is anything but silent, and—as long as we are aware of its true causes—we are not helpless.
From Food Rebellions to Food Sovereignty: Urgent Call to Fix a Broken Food System
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez and Loren Peabody | Jul 1, 2008
The World Bank reports that global food prices rose 83% over the last three years.
Food Price Increases: Who gets hurt and what can be done about it
Blog | Miguel Altieri | Apr 11, 2008
Food prices are increasing by the day, countries are cutting trade in some basic grains, and food riots, marches, and…
The New Green Revolution and World Food Prices
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Raj Patel | Apr 11, 2008
It was just a matter of time… and not long at that. The world food crisis and the explosion of…
Thousands Protest NAFTA and Defend Food Sovereignty in Mexico
Blog | Angie Rodriguez | Feb 18, 2008
On Thursday January 31st, thousands of people took the streets of Mexico City as part of the mobilization to demand…
12 Myths About Hunger
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins, Luis Espaza and Peter Rosset | Jul 1, 2006
Why so much hunger? To answer this question we must unlearn much of what we have been taught.
Food Sovereignty: Global Rallying Cry of Farmer Movements
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Peter Rosset | Oct 1, 2003
As globalization devastates rural communities around the world, farmers' organizations are coming together around the rallying cry of food sovereignty.
Twelve Myths About Hunger
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Frances Moore Lappé, Joseph Collins and Peter Rosset | Aug 1, 1998
Why so much hunger? What can we do about it? To answer these questions we must unlearn much of what we have been taught.
The Campesino a Campesino Movement: Farmer-led sustainable agriculture
Development Report | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 1, 1996
Farmers helping their brothers so that they can help themselves to find solutions and not be dependent on a technician or on the bank. That is Campesino a Campesino.
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