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,…
Land & Resources
A global wave of land and water grabs is concentrating farmland and other food producing resources in the hands of a few, with serious consequences for both rural and urban communities. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Land & Resources
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…
Times of Crisis Demand Counterstories for Change
Blog | Eva Perroni | May 30, 2020
The world is currently bearing witness to a unique historical moment. Profound and catastrophic environmental, economic, and health crises are…
Sneak Peak: Family Farmers and Farmworkers Face the Virus
Blog | David Bacon | May 21, 2020
The following is an excerpt from our upcoming, special edition Backgrounder on COVID-19 and the food system. The COVID Crisis…
The Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
Blog | Walden Bello | Apr 30, 2020
This article was originally published at Foreign Policy in Focus by Food First Fellow, Walden Bello. The global food system…
Time for a New Narrative on Climate Disasters: Lessons from Australia’s Bushfires
Blog | Eva Perroni | Apr 10, 2020
The following is the first article from our newest series, Lessons from Australia’s Bushfires. This series will focus on the voices,…
The Political Economy of Food for Your Non-foodie Friend in Under 120 pages
Academic Publication | Aliza Tuttle | Apr 6, 2020
This book review was originally published at the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Download the PDF here…
Can Radical Researchers Get Their Act Together?
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Alastair Iles, Annie Shattuck, Antonio Roman-Alcalá, Erik Hazard, Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, M. Jahi Chappell and Maywa Montenegro | Mar 26, 2020
What does it look like when activist-scholars, embedded in academic institutions that foster a culture of individualism and competition, work to collectivize their efforts and support social movements fighting for systemic change?
Scaling Agroecology from the Bottom up: Six Domains of Transformation
Academic Publication | Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Colin R. Anderson, Csilla Kiss, Janneke Bruil, M. Jahi Chappell and Michel P. Pimbert | Feb 21, 2020
How can agroecology be advanced, amplified, scaled up and out? In each context, there are enabling and disabling conditions that shape the potential for agroecology to be scaled. This Food First Issue Brief identifies six ‘domains of transformation’ that are essential to consider in agroecology transformations.
Philippine Banana Farmers: Their Cooperatives and Struggle for Land Reform and Sustainable Agriculture
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Feb 13, 2020
Thirty years ago many banana workers in the Philippines made a radical change in their work and lives. They transformed the militant unions they had organized to wrest a decent living from the multinational corporations that control much of the world’s food production. Instead of working for wages, they used the country’s land reform law to become the owners of the plantations where they had labored for generations.
Of chancers and last-chancers
Blog | Chris Smaje | Jan 23, 2020
This article was originally published at Small Farm Future. Time for me to arise from my book-editing duties and offer…
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