Author Archives for Erik Hazard
Sneak Peak: Family Farmers and Farmworkers Face the Virus
May 21, 2020 7:59 pm Leave your thoughts The following is an excerpt from our upcoming, special edition Backgrounder on COVID-19 and the food system. The COVID Crisis…
COVID, food, and the Parable of the Shmoo
May 21, 2020 7:22 pm Leave your thoughts The following is an excerpt from an article at the Journal of the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. To…
Cargill Knowingly Risked the Health of its Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic to Maximize Profits
May 6, 2020 5:37 pm Comments Off on Cargill Knowingly Risked the Health of its Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic to Maximize Profits This article was originally published by GRAIN. Cargill has now joined the WH Group/Smithfield in having a meat processing plant…
LVC North America Declares Its Support for Working Class Mobilization On May Day in the Face of COVID-19
May 1, 2020 12:22 am Comments Off on LVC North America Declares Its Support for Working Class Mobilization On May Day in the Face of COVID-19 PDF here. On this May 1st, the member organizations of La Via Campesina-North America stand with every food system worker…
LVC Norteamérica declara su apoyo a la movilización de la clase trabajadora el Primero de Mayo frente a COVID -19
April 30, 2020 11:53 pm Comments Off on LVC Norteamérica declara su apoyo a la movilización de la clase trabajadora el Primero de Mayo frente a COVID -19 PDF aquí. El 1 de mayo, las organizaciones miembros de La Vía Campesina-Norteamérica se unen con todos los trabajadores del…
The Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
April 30, 2020 6:32 pm Comments Off on The Corporate Food System Is Making the Coronavirus Crisis Worse This article was originally published at Foreign Policy in Focus by Food First Fellow, Walden Bello. The global food system…
From COVID-19 to Climate, What We Need Is a Just Transition
April 27, 2020 6:13 pm Comments Off on From COVID-19 to Climate, What We Need Is a Just Transition This article was originally published in Finnish and in English on the website of the BIOS Research unit (www.bios.fi), titled…
Farmworkers, COVID-19, and Our Capitalist Food System Webinar
April 24, 2020 3:49 am Comments Off on Farmworkers, COVID-19, and Our Capitalist Food System Webinar The following videos are recordings of the webinar, Farmworkers, COVID-19 and Our Capitalist Food System, which took place on April 23rd.…
Time for a New Narrative on Climate Disasters: Lessons from Australia’s Bushfires
April 10, 2020 11:02 pm Comments Off on Time for a New Narrative on Climate Disasters: Lessons from Australia’s Bushfires The following is the first article from our newest series, Lessons from Australia’s Bushfires. This series will focus on the voices,…
Food Workers Have Always Been Essential—Give Them What Is Theirs
April 9, 2020 7:08 pm Comments Off on Food Workers Have Always Been Essential—Give Them What Is Theirs The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how an economic system dependent on low-wage labor creates as many issues as it purports…
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