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

Eric Holt-Giménez Presents ‘How to Feed the World Without Destroying It?’ on March 18 at UVM

Blog | Allison Spain | Mar 13, 2019

Eric will be visiting UVM on Monday, March 18 and giving a talk in the Livak Ballroom of the Davis Center…

Food, Climate, and the Green New Deal: A Social Contract for Justice?

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez and Heidi Kleiner | Mar 11, 2019

Download a PDF version of this article here. The Green New Deal has taken the country by storm. The non-binding…

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…

Nyéléni Newsletter #35: Food Sovereignty at the rural-urban interface

Nyéléni Newsletter | Food First | Dec 10, 2018

Food First was honored to edit this edition of the Nyeleni Newsletter on the role of Food sovereignty at the…

Immigration and the Food System

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Tomás A. Madrigal | Dec 7, 2018

Click here to download this Backgrounder in full, or view in full below. Immigration policy in imperialist nations has historically…

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…

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…

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…