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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.
Imprescindibles: Reforma Agraria, Agroecología y Soberanía Alimentaria
Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Sep 7, 2018
“La opción por la agroecología es también la opción por la soberanía alimentaria”, es una conclusión del artículo Agroecología en…
Is Prison Labor the Future of Our Food System?
Blog | Sarah Evans | Sep 7, 2018
Prisoners are being used to fill the growing shortage of farmworkers —shortages that in large part are caused by the…
Food Waste: Valuing a New Commodity
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Aug 29, 2018
A commodity is, in the first place an object outside us, a thing that by its properties satisfies human wants…
Food Sovereignty Tours Transition
Blog | Food First | Aug 29, 2018
To Our Food First Family, What does Food Sovereignty actually look like? In 2010, this question led us to launch…
The Ugly Truth of Ugly Produce
Blog | The Phat Beets Crew | Aug 16, 2018
Back in 2015 we at Phat Beets Produce received a curious email from a “startup” produce company serving the East…
Symposium Takes on Food and Land Justice
Blog | Lauren Everett | Aug 13, 2018
This article was originally published on Solutions Blog at Sustainability – Portland State University. In May 2018, the Graduate Certificate…
Parity and Farm Justice: Recipe for a Resilient Food System
Blog | Ahna Kruzic, George Naylor and Patti Edwardson Naylor | Jul 25, 2018
Click here to download this backgrounder, or view in full below. Every 4-5 years, the U.S. Farm Bill bounces back…
Coffee and the Shock Doctrine in Puerto Rico
Blog | Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer | Jul 24, 2018
In Naomi Klein’s framework, The Shock Doctrine is the well-worn strategy of capitalist development in the “shock” mode. Part of…
Another Food System is Necessary: USFSA organizing its IV National Assembly
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jul 11, 2018
Our food is being used as a weapon, and we are living in a political moment that demands coordinated action.…
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