Global Crises & Global Movements

Responding to global food, fuel and financial crises, social movements are forming new ways of building social power and creating effective, community-based alternatives. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Global Crises & Global Movements

What Aussie Farmers Really Need Is Farm Justice

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Eva Perroni | Oct 10, 2018

This article was originally published by the Sydney Environmental Institute on October 10, 2018. Click here to view the original…

News and Views Fall 2018

Food First News & Views | Erik Hazard | Oct 5, 2018

Click here to download this News and Views, or view in full below. Want to see what Food First has…

Parity and Farm Justice: Recipe for a Resilient Food System

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Ahna Kruzic, George Naylor and Patti Edwardson Naylor | Jun 28, 2018

Click here to download this backgrounder, or view in full below. Every 4-5 years, the U.S. Farm Bill bounces back…

Food, Coops, Capitalism

Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 11, 2018

Photo Credit: Herb Neufield, CC BY 2.0 Last week, I travelled to Portland, Oregon to give a keynote presentation to…

Putting Agriculture First Without Farmers and Land? Reflections on Tanzania’s Road to Green Revolution

Blog | Youjin Chung | Jun 8, 2018

Photo by Holly Holmes/RTB:  A Woman Works in her cassava field in Mkuranga district, Tanzania. The following article was originally…

Rural Movements: We’re Anything but Dead

Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Jun 4, 2018

Photo Credit: Eli Shepherd This Spring, thousands of women from around the world arrived in New York City for the 62nd…

If a Farm Bill Crashes in Congress, Does Anybody Hear It?

Blog | George Naylor | May 29, 2018

The US Farm Bill failed to pass in the House last week. This is good news—but for all the wrong…

Taking on the C-Word

Academic Publication | Teresa M. Mares | May 10, 2018

This book review was originally published by the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. What role does love…

Declaration of Small-scale Food Producers and Civil Society Organizations at the II International Symposium on Agroecology April, 2018

Blog | La Vía Campesina | Apr 18, 2018

This declaration was read on behalf of everyone by Mariam Sou, pioneer agroecological peasant farmer, from ENDA-Tiers Monde, Senegal. This…

The Teachers’ Strike and the Food System

Blog | Erik Hazard | Mar 30, 2018

Photo Credit: Rich McGervey/CC BY. In late February, teachers in West Virginia went on strike in all 55 counties.  They…

World Bank Program Forcing Local Communities Off Their Land

Blog | FIAN International | Mar 22, 2018

This post was originally published by FIAN International. The current World Bank’s land titling program in northeastern Brazil is a…

Overcoming the Barrier of Racism in Our Capitalist Food System

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez | Mar 19, 2018

The following is an abridged excerpt from our recently published book, A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of…