Everyone is Downstream
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Hartman Deetz | Oct 31, 2016
The following is the fifth installment in our Dismantling Racism in the Food System series. Click here to download this Backgrounder in full.…
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
Food First Video: On Water, the Missouri River Watershed, and Standing Rock
Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Oct 18, 2016
Hartman Deetz, Mashpee Wampanoag, has recently returned from Standing Rock. Hear his analysis on the significance of the powerful pipeline resistance movement…
Agroecology “Lite:” Cooptation and Resistance in the Global North
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Miguel Altieri | Oct 18, 2016
The Green Revolution is a one-size-fits-all technological model for global agricultural development that originated in the breadbasket of the United…
Book Review: The reproach of hunger: food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century, by David Rieff Eric Holt-Giménez
Academic Publication | | Oct 13, 2016
BOOK REVIEW / COMPTE RENDU DE LIVRE The reproach of hunger: food, justice, and money in the twenty-first century,…
Carmelo Ruiz Marrero ¡PRESENTE!
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Sep 24, 2016
(1967 – September 6, 2016 Puerto Rico) Carmelo, a man of integrity, dedicated himself to the preservation of the environment,…
Major U.S. Labor, Human Rights, Environmental and Women’s Organizations Denounce “legislative coup” against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Aug 23, 2016
The United States Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), of which Food First is a member, signed the organizational letter supporting democracy…
2016 World Social Forum: Eric Holt Giménez on Popular Agrarian Reform
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Aug 19, 2016
Food First Executive Director Eric Holt Giménez joined a panel discussion regarding agrarian reform (hosted by our friends at WhyHunger) at…
Nigeria’s Latest Food Sovereignty Struggle: The World is Watching
Blog | Lauren Tate Baeza | Aug 10, 2016
The biotechnology brigade has underestimated the power of the people. More than just a “vocal minority,” global GMO resistance movements…
The Great Food Blackout of 2016: How the Presidential Election Ignored the Most Vital Ingredient to Human Survival
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Christopher D. Cook | Jul 18, 2016
Click here to download this Backgrounder in full. Remember the great 2016 presidential campaign debate about food and agriculture, the…
Special Report: Hunger in Venezuela? A Look Beyond the Spin
Blog | Christina Schiavoni and William Camacaro | Jul 11, 2016
The following is a special in-depth report on Venezuela and the state of its food and agricultural system. You may have…
Brexit of Champions: If you don’t set the menu, you’re on the menu… politics and food security
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 28, 2016
Read and comment on the original blog published on the Huffington Post. Our poor British comrades, caught between nostalgia and exasperation,…
The Hunger of Reproach: Is there hope for our food system?
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Jun 13, 2016
I once sat with farmers at a long table during a Bizkaia winter, warming up with a flaming carajillo, trying…
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