Author Archives for Erik Hazard
How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities
February 14, 2019 6:48 pm Leave your thoughts Cover Photo: City Farm is a working sustainable farm that has operated in Chicago for over 30 years. Linda from…
Ecuador’s San Clemente: A Reflection of Shifted Indigenous Economies
February 5, 2019 7:58 pm Leave your thoughts The processed, pre-packaged food in the small, Ecuadorian indigenous village of San Clemente puzzled me. Why would a village so…
Campesinos y Ecologistas Ecuatorianos Ganan La Batalla en Contra de los Transgénicos
January 24, 2019 9:00 pm Comments Off on Campesinos y Ecologistas Ecuatorianos Ganan La Batalla en Contra de los Transgénicos Un Juez Constitucional de lo Civil del cantón Quevedo (Provincia de Los Ríos – Ecuador), aceptó una acción de protección…
Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?
January 7, 2019 8:03 pm Comments Off on Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It? CONTACT: Erik Hazard, ehazard@foodfirst.org, 562-472-6908 (Oakland) In his new book titled Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It? Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director of…
The Green New Deal: Fulcrum for the farm and food justice movement?
December 17, 2018 7:47 pm Comments Off on The Green New Deal: Fulcrum for the farm and food justice movement? Over eight decades ago, the Dust Bowl devastated over 100,000,000 acres of agricultural land and the Great Depression threw 15…
Berkeley y la traición de su legado agrícola
November 29, 2018 12:50 am Comments Off on Berkeley y la traición de su legado agrícola La Universidad de California-Berkeley, UCB, es una universidad establecida en tierras públicas cedidas por el gobierno federal en virtud de…
Bienvenido al Territorio: Compartiendo historias con el movimiento alimentario australiano
November 27, 2018 5:31 pm Comments Off on Bienvenido al Territorio: Compartiendo historias con el movimiento alimentario australiano “Cada uno de nosotros tiene un tótem. Puede ser un animal o un árbol. No podemos comerlo y debemos cuidarlo…
This Thanksgiving, Remember the People’s History of Our Food
November 21, 2018 1:28 am Comments Off on This Thanksgiving, Remember the People’s History of Our Food “Afterwards they (as many as were able) began to plant their corn, in which service Squanto [Tisquantum] stood them in…
Berkeley: The Betrayal of an Agricultural Legacy
November 19, 2018 6:01 pm Comments Off on Berkeley: The Betrayal of an Agricultural Legacy Cover Photo: Miguel Altieri speaking at “Occupy the Farm.” The University of California-Berkeley is a land-grant university, established by the…
Welcome to Country: Talking story with the Australian food movement
November 7, 2018 10:23 pm Comments Off on Welcome to Country: Talking story with the Australian food movement “Each one of us has a totem. It can be an animal or a tree. We can’t eat it and…
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