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The Food First Blog features news from the US and global food movement, and original analysis from Food First staff, fellows, board members, allies and research interns. Blog highlights are featured in our monthly e-newsletters. Click here to subscribe.
Farm Workforce Modernization Act
Blog | Food First | Dec 11, 2019
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Due to the precarious conditions that undocumented farmworkers find themselves in today, it is understandable that there…
The Battle for Seattle and How the Food Sovereignty Movement Helped Bring Down the World Trade Organization
Blog | John Peck | Dec 10, 2019
The following article was originally published at Family Farm Defenders. “This is what democracy looks like!” – that was but…
Taking Utopian Thinking Seriously
Blog | Melissa Gordon | Nov 4, 2019
“Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten…
Vigan’s Public Market: The Commons in the Hands of Farmers and the Poor
Blog | David Bacon | Sep 26, 2019
In the last two or three decades, the food sovereignty movement has been reinventing an institution – the farmers’ market…
The Forest Farms Still Stand: Indonesia’s Krui Forest Farmers Persist in the Face of Capitalism’s Relentless Squeeze
Blog | David Gilbert | Sep 11, 2019
One January morning in the middle of Indonesia’s rainy season I joined a few activist-ecologist friends for an eight hour…
Escaping the Circle of Poison in the US
Blog | Miriam Osman | Sep 6, 2019
This July, the EPA announced that it would not ban Chlorpyrifos, allowing their sale for non-household use to continue to…
Parity pricing: for climate and economic justice
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Aug 30, 2019
This post was originally published at Pesticide Action Network: North America. I went home to Iowa back in July, and…
Farmworkers Rise Up Against Trump and Labor Exploitation
Blog | David Bacon | Aug 12, 2019
Marchers take part in the Farmworker March for Dignity 2019, on August 4, 2019, in Whatcom County, Washington. David Bacon …
Antitrust on the Campaign Trail: Will the Candidates Do What It Takes?
Blog | Heidi Kleiner | Jul 9, 2019
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
Blog | Heidi Kleiner | Jun 11, 2019
The US trade war with China and its impacts on agriculture have occupied a lot of media time. But none…
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