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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.
Sneak Peak: Family Farmers and Farmworkers Face the Virus
Blog | David Bacon | May 21, 2020
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
Blog | M. Jahi Chappell | May 21, 2020
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
Blog | GRAIN | May 6, 2020
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
Blog | La Via Campesina - North America | May 1, 2020
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
Blog | La Via Campesina - North America | Apr 30, 2020
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
Blog | Walden Bello | Apr 30, 2020
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
Blog | Ville Lähde | Apr 27, 2020
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
Blog | Food First | Apr 24, 2020
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
Blog | Eva Perroni | Apr 10, 2020
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
Blog | Erik Hazard and Leila Mzali | Apr 9, 2020
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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