The World Bank’s Long War on Peasants
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Tanya M. Kerssen | Apr 20, 2015
“The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling—their ideas, their version of history, their…
Green Revolution
Rather than increasing food production through land reform and agroecology, the Green Revolution promotes technological intensification using new seed varieties, mechanization and agrochemicals. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on the Green Revolution
Puerto Rico: Monsanto Hires Marketing Firm to Poll Citizens on GMOs
Blog | Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero | Jan 6, 2015
The Monsanto corporation hired a marketing firm to poll the Puerto Rican citizenry about the subject of GM seeds and…
Agroecology and the Disappearing Yield Gap
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 10, 2014
The more scientists actually study agroecology, the better it looks. The largest meta-analysis to date comparing yields of organic and…
Open Letter from AFSA Opposing Human Feeding Trials with GM Bananas
Blog | Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) | Dec 9, 2014
“The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa questions what firm conclusions can be drawn from feeding trials of young people…
How to Be Curious About the Green Revolution
Blog | Raj Patel | Sep 4, 2014
Social media is alive with folks’ thoughts on Michael Specter’s recent New Yorker piece. As the controversy fades, I worry…
The 2014 World Food Prize: Onward to the Glorious Past
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 24, 2014
On June 18th Secretary of State John Kerry announced that plant breeder Sanjaya Rajaram would be the 2014 winner of…
Consumer Education Monsanto-Style
Blog | Devon Peña | May 2, 2014
World Food Prize winner outlines shift in strategy: focus on consumers not just growers Robert Fraley, Monsanto’s Chief Technology Officer…
One Billion Hungry: Can we feed the world? By Gordon Conway (Book Review)
Academic Publication | Eric Holt-Giménez | Aug 15, 2013
In Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 37:8, 968-971 One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? by Gordon Conway. Cornell University…
World Food Prize: Monopolizing the war on hunger?
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 21, 2013
The biotech industry has awarded itself the World Food Prize. A career Monsanto executive, a Syngenta scientist and a private…
The “Monsanto Protection Act” of Betrayal
Blog | Ashley Pinkerton | Apr 10, 2013
On March 26, 2013, President Obama signed H.R. 933, the Agricultural Appropriations Bill — a spending bill that prevents a…
Agroecology, Food Sovereignty and the New Green Revolution
Academic Publication | Eric Holt-Giménez and Miguel Altieri | Dec 17, 2012
In Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 37:1, 90-102 Abstract In the face of recurrent global food crises, institutions of the…
The Long Green Revolution
Academic Publication | Raj Patel | Nov 16, 2012
In The Journal of Peasant Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1, 1–63 (2013) Abstract To combat climate change and hunger, a number…
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