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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.


Our Commitment
Blog | Food First Board of Trustees | Dec 24, 2020
As 2020, a year fraught with multiple challenges ends, Food First, a “Think and Do Tank,” looks to the new…
Will the Supreme Court Overrule Farmworker Union Rights?
Blog | David Bacon | Dec 18, 2020
This article was produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main. It is republished here with permission. Not long…
Remembering Hank Herrera
Blog | Food First | Nov 24, 2020
We were saddened today to learn the news of Hank Herrera’s passing. Hank Herrera was a friend, colleague, fellow social…
How Farmers and Farmworkers are Combating California Fires
Blog | Frankie Wallace | Nov 5, 2020
All things considered, the fire season of 2020 is likely to go down in history as the year in which…
Showdown at the Ballot Box in California: Gig Workers Versus Big Tech
Blog | Erik Hazard | Oct 29, 2020
A major decision that may impact the future of work and have implications for food justice will be made on…
USFSA Statement in Defense of Agroecology and the Right to Food
Blog | US Food Sovereignty Alliance | Oct 7, 2020
Ambassador Kip Tom, On behalf of the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), we write to express our firm opposition to…
Philippine Banana Cooperatives’ Successes and Challenges: Part 2
Blog | Food First | Sep 16, 2020
The following is the second part of an interview between Kahlil Apuzen-Ito from Foundation for Agrarian Reform Cooperatives in Mindanao (FARMCOOP) …
Philippine Banana Cooperatives’ Successes and Challenges
Blog | Food First | Aug 31, 2020
The following is an interview between Kahlil Apuzen-Ito from Foundation for Agrarian Reform Cooperatives in Mindanao (FARMCOOP) and Food First’s…
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Blog | Food First | Aug 7, 2020
August 9th is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. To celebrate, here are some wonderful pieces from the Food…
COVID-19 and indigenous peoples’ resilience
Blog | United Nations | Aug 7, 2020
While the exact origins of COVID-19 have not yet been confirmed, the link between environmental damage and pandemics is well…
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