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
A Green New Deal: The Specter Haunting Congress
Blog | Erik Hazard | Mar 29, 2019
Everyone knew that the odds of the Green New Deal (GND) making it through the present Congress were slim to…
Organic Farms Are Under Attack from Agribusiness, Weakened Standards
Blog | Elizabeth Henderson | Mar 19, 2019
The certified organic label has helped save many generational farms and enabled people like me, who do not come from…
Eric Holt-Giménez Presents ‘How to Feed the World Without Destroying It?’ on March 18 at UVM
Blog | Allison Spain | Mar 13, 2019
Eric will be visiting UVM on Monday, March 18 and giving a talk in the Livak Ballroom of the Davis Center…
Food, Climate, and the Green New Deal: A Social Contract for Justice?
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Eric Holt-Giménez and Heidi Kleiner | Mar 11, 2019
Download a PDF version of this article here. The Green New Deal has taken the country by storm. The non-binding…
Puede la agricultura urbana alimentar a las ciudades?
Blog | Miguel Altieri | Feb 15, 2019
To view this article in English, click here. Universidad de California, Berkeley Centro LatinoAmericano de Investigaciones Agroecologicas (CELIA) En el…
How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities
Blog | Miguel Altieri | Feb 14, 2019
Cover Photo: City Farm is a working sustainable farm that has operated in Chicago for over 30 years. Linda from…
Ecuador’s San Clemente: A Reflection of Shifted Indigenous Economies
Blog | Marisa Weinstock | Feb 5, 2019
The processed, pre-packaged food in the small, Ecuadorian indigenous village of San Clemente puzzled me. Why would a village so…
Campesinos y Ecologistas Ecuatorianos Ganan La Batalla en Contra de los Transgénicos
Blog | Red por una América Latina Libre de Transgénicos | Jan 24, 2019
Un Juez Constitucional de lo Civil del cantón Quevedo (Provincia de Los Ríos – Ecuador), aceptó una acción de protección…
Can Food as a Commons Advance Food Sovereignty?
Academic Publication | | Dec 20, 2018
Please take a look at Food First’s chapter in Routledge’s Handbook of Food as a Commons. This chapter was co-authored by Food…
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