Green Revolution
Rather than increasing food production through land reform and agroecology, the Green Revolution promotes technological intensification using new seed varieties, mechanization and agrochemicals. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on the Green Revolution
Elections 2016: A Message from Food First
Blog | Food First | Nov 10, 2016
Photo by Stephen Melkisethian / CC BY Friends of Food First, Like you, we’re feeling this election’s devastating setbacks; but now more…
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…
El Tribunal Internacional de Monsanto: Una Entrevista
Blog | Coline Charrasse | Oct 13, 2016
To view this interview in English click here. Los días 15 y 16 de octubre próximos tendrá lugar el Tribunal…
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,…
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…
A Tale of Two Pigeon Peas: Bill Gates’ failing Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Lauren Tate Baeza | Jul 25, 2016
For a decade, Bill Gates—the quintessential technocrat—has been trying to end hunger in Africa by re-launching (yet again) the Green…
Arroces dorados y consensos científicos
Blog | Carmelo Ruiz | Jul 15, 2016
El artículo original se puede encontrar aquí. “¡Se acabó el debate sobre los transgénicos! Los activistas alarmistas perdieron y la…
Golden Rice and Scientific Consensus
Blog | Carmelo Ruiz | Jul 15, 2016
“The GMO debate is over! The alarmist activists have lost and science has won!” Well – that’s the impression one…
Nyéléni Newsletter No. 26: Land Reform and Food Sovereignty
Nyéléni Newsletter | Nyéléni Newsletter | Jun 14, 2016
Nyéléni Newsletter No. 26: Land Reform and Food Sovereignty A wave of financial capital is crashing down upon the resources held…
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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