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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.
USDA Invests Over $21.8M to Build Agricultural Capacity at HBCUs in the Nation’s Land-grant University System
Blog | National Institute of Food and Agriculture | Jul 28, 2021
(Media contact: NIFA Director of Communications Faith Peppers, faith.peppers@usda.gov, (816) 745-0959) WASHINGTON, July 28, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced…
How the Lack of Parity Supports Industrial Livestock Production
Blog | Jordan Treakle, Patty Lovera and Siena Chrisman | Jul 26, 2021
This publication was originally published by disparitytoparity. The end of parity pricing and supply management farm programs was a huge…
Communicating for Food Sovereignty: People’s Culture and Popular Education
Blog | Nyéléni Newsletter | Jun 23, 2021
EN Communicating for food sovereignty: people’s culture and popular education Food sovereignty, among the multitude of ideas that it encompasses, is also about defending the billion diversities that…
Food First Response to Recent Restraining Order Halting Relief Included in the American Rescue Plan Act
Blog | Food First | Jun 14, 2021
Food First stands with Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, Asian, and Pacific Islander farmers. We, along with many other food and farm…
Fishing in the Bohol Sea
Blog | David Bacon | Jun 11, 2021
Walking up the road in the warm night, with the town sleeping around them, two men turn onto a dirt…
Biden’s New Interior Secretary Deb Haaland Is Unprecedented—More for Her Climate Warrior Politics Than Her Identity
Blog | Sonali Kolhatkar | Mar 26, 2021
This article was produced by Economy For All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. In her farewell address to…
Righting the Wrongs
Blog | Bobby Wilson | Mar 8, 2021
The following is an op-ed by Food First’s Vice President, Bobby Wilson. In 2020, African Americans affirmed the power of…
A third of all food in the U.S. gets wasted. Fixing that could help fight climate change
Blog | Rainbow PUSH | Mar 1, 2021
Event Date: Saturday February 20th Event Title: Black Farmer’s Roundtable/Town Hall Meeting Part of what: Part 2 of a series…
The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Teacher During a Global Pandemic
Blog | Bobby Wilson | Feb 15, 2021
The following is an op-ed by Food First’s Vice President, Bobby Wilson. When I think of teachers, I think of…
Democrats Must Show that Politics Can Improve Struggling People’s Lives
Blog | Erik Hazard | Feb 4, 2021
Throughout the year, Food First plans to provide perspective on some of the policies that the new Biden administration, as…
Parity: An Economic Foundation for an Agroecological System
Blog | George Naylor | Jan 12, 2021
This article was produced by Disparity to Parity and was republished here with permission. Joan Robinson, a renowned economist of…
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