Author Archives for Erik Hazard
Is Prison Labor the Future of Our Food System?
September 7, 2018 7:25 pm Leave your thoughts Prisoners are being used to fill the growing shortage of farmworkers —shortages that in large part are caused by the…
Food Waste: Valuing a New Commodity
August 29, 2018 10:14 pm Comments Off on Food Waste: Valuing a New Commodity A commodity is, in the first place an object outside us, a thing that by its properties satisfies human wants…
Food Sovereignty Tours Transition
August 29, 2018 5:41 pm Comments Off on Food Sovereignty Tours Transition To Our Food First Family, What does Food Sovereignty actually look like? In 2010, this question led us to launch…
The Ugly Truth of Ugly Produce
August 16, 2018 11:37 pm Comments Off on The Ugly Truth of Ugly Produce Back in 2015 we at Phat Beets Produce received a curious email from a “startup” produce company serving the East…
Symposium Takes on Food and Land Justice
August 13, 2018 8:55 pm Comments Off on Symposium Takes on Food and Land Justice This article was originally published on Solutions Blog at Sustainability – Portland State University. In May 2018, the Graduate Certificate…
Manifesto del VII Congreso Internacional de Agroecología, Córdoba 30 y 31 de Mayo y 1 de Junio de 2018
July 5, 2018 5:25 pm Comments Off on Manifesto del VII Congreso Internacional de Agroecología, Córdoba 30 y 31 de Mayo y 1 de Junio de 2018 Este articulo es de Observatorio de Soberaníá Alimentaria Y Agroecologíá Es urgente romper los moldes del heteropatriarcado y sus formas…LEISA sobre manejo agroecologico de plagas
June 13, 2018 5:57 pm Comments Off on LEISA sobre manejo agroecologico de plagas Volumen 34, Número 1 En esta edición de LEISA, presentamos reflexiones y experiencias en torno al manejo ecológico de plagas…
Food, Coops, Capitalism
June 11, 2018 7:50 pm Comments Off on Food, Coops, Capitalism Photo Credit: Herb Neufield, CC BY 2.0 Last week, I travelled to Portland, Oregon to give a keynote presentation to…
Putting Agriculture First Without Farmers and Land? Reflections on Tanzania’s Road to Green Revolution
June 8, 2018 10:05 pm Comments Off on Putting Agriculture First Without Farmers and Land? Reflections on Tanzania’s Road to Green Revolution Photo by Holly Holmes/RTB: A Woman Works in her cassava field in Mkuranga district, Tanzania. The following article was originally…
Rural Movements: We’re Anything but Dead
June 4, 2018 9:16 pm Comments Off on Rural Movements: We’re Anything but Dead Photo Credit: Eli Shepherd This Spring, thousands of women from around the world arrived in New York City for the 62nd…
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