Fishing in the Bohol Sea
Blog | David Bacon | Jun 11, 2021
Walking up the road in the warm night, with the town sleeping around them, two men turn onto a dirt…
Labor in the Food System
The movement for food justice cannot thrive in a system where food and farm workers are exploited, criminalized and hungry. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Labor in the Food System
A Democratic Food System Means Unions For Farmworkers
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Apr 14, 2021
To download our PDF, click here. The people who labor in US fields produce immense wealth, yet poverty among farmworkers…
Democrats Must Show that Politics Can Improve Struggling People’s Lives
Blog | Erik Hazard | Feb 4, 2021
Throughout the year, Food First plans to provide perspective on some of the policies that the new Biden administration, as…
Parity: An Economic Foundation for an Agroecological System
Blog | George Naylor | Jan 12, 2021
This article was produced by Disparity to Parity and was republished here with permission. Joan Robinson, a renowned economist of…
Will the Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights?
Blog | David Bacon | Dec 18, 2020
This article was produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main. It is republished here with permission. Not long…
How Farmers and Farmworkers are Combating California Fires
Blog | Frankie Wallace | Nov 5, 2020
All things considered, the fire season of 2020 is likely to go down in history as the year in which…
Showdown at the Ballot Box in California: Gig Workers Versus Big Tech
Blog | Erik Hazard | Oct 29, 2020
A major decision that may impact the future of work and have implications for food justice will be made on…
USFSA Statement in Defense of Agroecology and the Right to Food
Blog | US Food Sovereignty Alliance | Oct 7, 2020
Ambassador Kip Tom, On behalf of the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), we write to express our firm opposition to…
Philippine Banana Cooperatives’ Successes and Challenges: Part 2
Blog | Food First | Sep 16, 2020
The following is the second part of an interview between Kahlil Apuzen-Ito from Foundation for Agrarian Reform Cooperatives in Mindanao (FARMCOOP) …
Who, What, and How Much Is Essential?
Blog | Tony VanWinkle | Jun 22, 2020
Every other year I teach a course titled, “Security, Sovereignty, and Justice in the Global Food System” at a small,…
Family Farmers And Farmworkers Face The Virus: How Food Sovereignty Activists See The Crisis as a Pivotal Moment for Change
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Jun 11, 2020
The following is a special edition, eight-page Backgrounder covering the experiences and insights from farmers and farmworkers during the COVID-19…
Watch: A Whiskey with Raj Patel, Ahna Kruzic, Jim Goodman, and M. Jahi Chappell
Blog | Food First | Jun 3, 2020
On Tuesday, June 2nd, Food First’s M. Jahi Chappell was joined by Raj Patel, Ahna Kruzic, and Jim Goodman to…
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