
Food First Blog
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.


The Reports of Food First’s Destruction Are Greatly Exaggerated (with apologies to Mark Twain for borrowing his famous reply)
Blog | Dr. Joyce E. King and Hank Herrera | Jul 30, 2020
Dear Friends, Future Friends and Donors, The Board of Directors is engaged in restoring the full vitality of Food First,…
Global Quinoa and Andean Foodways Part 2
Blog | Fabiana Li and Claudia Urdanivia | Jul 23, 2020
Cover image: Farmer cleaning quinoa. Photo by Claudia Urdanivia The following is the second part of a two-part report on…
Global Quinoa and Andean Foodways
Blog | Fabiana Li and Claudia Urdanivia | Jul 16, 2020
Cover photo: Field of potatoes that will be seeded with quinoa the following season. Photo by Fabiana Li. Variously advertised…
A Message from the Food First Board President
Blog | Joyce E. King | Jun 29, 2020
As Nigerian novelist Chimananda Ngozi Adichie wisely counsels: “The danger of a single story” is that it makes one incomplete…
Following Up On Our Previous Board Statement About Leadership Change
Blog | Food First Board of Directors | Jun 29, 2020
The board of directors of Food First believes deeply in the organization’s mission “to end the injustices that cause hunger…
Leadership Update: A Message from the Food First Board of Directors
Blog | Food First | Jun 25, 2020
The Institute for Food and Development Policy, better known as Food First, works to end the injustices that cause hunger…
Who, What, and How Much Is Essential?
Blog | Tony VanWinkle | Jun 22, 2020
Every other year I teach a course titled, “Security, Sovereignty, and Justice in the Global Food System” at a small,…
Solidarity with #BlackLivesMatter and All Who Fight to Dismantle White Supremacy
Blog | Food First | Jun 9, 2020
“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice…
Watch: A Whiskey with Raj Patel, Ahna Kruzic, Jim Goodman, and M. Jahi Chappell
Blog | Food First | Jun 3, 2020
On Tuesday, June 2nd, Food First’s M. Jahi Chappell was joined by Raj Patel, Ahna Kruzic, and Jim Goodman to…
Times of Crisis Demand Counterstories for Change
Blog | Eva Perroni | May 30, 2020
The world is currently bearing witness to a unique historical moment. Profound and catastrophic environmental, economic, and health crises are…
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