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…
Tag Archive: food sovereignty
G-8 Leaders: After 20 years, it’s time to listen to La Vía Campesina
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 13, 2013
This week in Jakarta, Indonesia over 400 farmers from 70 countries gathered at the 6th International Conference of La Via…
An Inside Look at Worker-Owned Arizmendi Bakery
Blog | Leah Scrivener | Jun 6, 2013
A worker-owner at the Arizmendi Bakery on Valencia Street in San Francisco, California, who also works for the Arizmendi Association…
Korean Food, Land and Democracy: A Conversation with Anders Riel Müller
Blog | Anders Riel Muller | Apr 18, 2013
Re-posted from Korea Policy Institute Spotlight, March 19, 2013 This August 24-September 1, 2013, KPI Fellow Anders Riel Müller will…
Food Sovereignty in Mexico: Reflections from a FST Scholarship Recipient
Blog | Kristin Pak | Dec 18, 2012
[In 2011] Food Sovereignty Tours gave me the opportunity to learn about the agricultural and culinary history of Oaxaca from indigenous experts.…
La Via Campesina: Food Sovereignty and the Global Feminist Struggle
Blog | Esther Vivas | Dec 18, 2012
Via Campesina is the world’s foremost international movement of small farmers. It promotes the right of all peoples to food…
Bolivian Quinoa: To Eat or to Export?
Blog | Hayley Currier | Dec 16, 2012
Earlier this year, Mother Jones published a piece entitled “5 Ways to Sip a Cocktail and Save the World.” First…
Eating From the Milpa: Homemade Oaxacan Corn Tortillas with Black Beans
Blog | Agnes Bridge-Walton | Oct 29, 2012
The state of Oaxaca in the south of Mexico extends upwards from tropical coastal plains to heavily wooded mountainsides and…
An International Case for the Passing of California’s Proposition 37
Blog | Caroline Dezendorf | Oct 29, 2012
California’s Proposition 37—a ballot initiative to be put to California voters on November 6th—has ignited a fierce debate over genetically…
Hunger is Political: Food Sovereignty Prize honors social movements
Blog | Tanya M. Kerssen | Oct 15, 2012
“Hunger is not a question of production, it’s a question of justice, democracy and political will,” said New York community…
Oaxaca: Land of Diversity
Blog | Juan de Dios Gomez | Sep 28, 2012
The Mexican state of Oaxaca is well known for its rich and diverse gastronomy. This vibrant food culture is rooted…
Delegation Report Back: Food Sovereignty in Piedmont, Italy
Blog | Jean Feyder | Apr 24, 2012
*Italy Delegation Participant, October 2012 Having participated as well last September in the Food Sovereignty Tour in the Basque region,…
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