Author Archives for Erik Hazard
Antitrust on the Campaign Trail: Will the Candidates Do What It Takes?
July 9, 2019 11:14 pm Comments Off on Antitrust on the Campaign Trail: Will the Candidates Do What It Takes? Antitrust law are back on the political agenda, thanks to the 2020 presidential campaign. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and other…
Trade War with China: The Crisis (and the Solution) Behind the Hype
June 11, 2019 8:56 pm Comments Off on Trade War with China: The Crisis (and the Solution) Behind the Hype The US trade war with China and its impacts on agriculture have occupied a lot of media time. But none…
Food First Announces New Executive Director
June 5, 2019 5:31 pm Comments Off on Food First Announces New Executive Director CONTACT: Erik Hazard, ehazard@foodfirst.org, 510 – 654 – 4400 Ext. 221 (Oakland) The Food First Board of Directors and staff…
What’s Cooking at Food First: Black bean and Sweet Potato Stew
May 23, 2019 6:42 pm Comments Off on What’s Cooking at Food First: Black bean and Sweet Potato Stew Black Beans are known in the Basque Country as Tolosa Beans. On occasion, we have grown shelling beans in our…
What is parity? (And why you should care)
May 20, 2019 9:06 pm Comments Off on What is parity? (And why you should care) During a recent campaign stump through the Midwest, Bernie Sanders walked the fields in Iowa, posed on a tractor, and…
Building Food Sovereignty in Tunisia
May 2, 2019 5:24 pm Comments Off on Building Food Sovereignty in Tunisia The Tunisian government is in high-level talks to remove the last crumbling barriers protecting Tunisian agriculture. Efforts to capitalize on…
Fernando Funes explica su compromiso y trabajo de producción agroecológica en la Finca Marta
April 26, 2019 6:21 pm Comments Off on Fernando Funes explica su compromiso y trabajo de producción agroecológica en la Finca Marta “El proyecto está liderado por Fernando Rafael Funes Monzote, ingeniero agrónomo y doctor en ecología de la producción y conservación…
CUSAN March News Brief
April 26, 2019 4:27 pm Comments Off on CUSAN March News Brief Take a look at at this article about Cuba’s agroecology movement and what we can learn from it. This article…
A Green New Deal: The Specter Haunting Congress
March 29, 2019 9:51 pm Comments Off on A Green New Deal: The Specter Haunting Congress Everyone knew that the odds of the Green New Deal (GND) making it through the present Congress were slim to…
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