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.
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…
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…
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