Land & Resources
A global wave of land and water grabs is concentrating farmland and other food producing resources in the hands of a few, with serious consequences for both rural and urban communities. For an introduction to this issue, download our Food First Issue Primer on Land & Resources
Taking Utopian Thinking Seriously
Blog | Melissa Gordon | Nov 4, 2019
“Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten…
Continuing on the Road to Ending Hunger
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | M. Jahi Chappell | Sep 17, 2019
It is within our reach to end hunger in the world. It has been within our reach for a while now. But the challenges we must surmount to achieve this have been fundamentally, essentially institutional.
The Forest Farms Still Stand: Indonesia’s Krui Forest Farmers Persist in the Face of Capitalism’s Relentless Squeeze
Blog | David Gilbert | Sep 11, 2019
One January morning in the middle of Indonesia’s rainy season I joined a few activist-ecologist friends for an eight hour…
Escaping the Circle of Poison in the US
Blog | Miriam Osman | Sep 6, 2019
This July, the EPA announced that it would not ban Chlorpyrifos, allowing their sale for non-household use to continue to…
Parity pricing: for climate and economic justice
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Aug 30, 2019
This post was originally published at Pesticide Action Network: North America. I went home to Iowa back in July, and…
Capitalism, food, and social movements: The political economy of food system transformation
Academic Publication | Eric Holt-Giménez | Aug 28, 2019
Download the full version here. Do foodies need to know about capitalism? Everybody trying to change the food system—farmers, farmworkers,…
The People Went Walking: How Rufino Dominguez Revolutionized the Way We Think About Migration Part III
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 22, 2019
This publication was edited by Luis Escala Rabadan. This publication is the final part of a three part Issue Brief…
La gente se iba andando: Cómo Rufino Domínguez transformó nuestra manera de pensar acerca de la migración Parte III
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 22, 2019
Traducción por Rosalí Jurado y Alan Llanos Velázquez, Edición: Nancy Utley García y Luis Escala Rabadán. Esta publicación es la…
The People Went Walking: How Rufino Dominguez Revolutionized the Way We Think About Migration Part II
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 16, 2019
This publication was edited by Luis Escala Rabadan. This publication is the second part of a three part Issue Brief…
La gente se iba andando: Cómo Rufino Domínguez transformó nuestra manera de pensar acerca de la migración Parte II
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Aug 16, 2019
Traducción por Rosalí Jurado y Alan Llanos Velázquez, Edición: Nancy Utley García y Luis Escala Rabadán. Segunda de tres partes…
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