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

The Roots of Black Agrarianism

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Gail Myers and Owusu Bandele | Aug 25, 2016

To view this Backgrounder in Portuguese, click here; to view in French click here. The following is an excerpt from…

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…

Special Report: US Organic Farming Hotspots – An Opportunity for Rural Communities?

Blog | Marilyn Borchardt | Aug 12, 2016

“For us, cheese has always been a vehicle to achieve this other thing,” Mateo Kehler of Jasper Hill Farm said.…

Más que un Salón de Bingo: Una Historia sobre Mashpee, su Tierra, Comida y Soberanía

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Hartman Deetz | Jul 29, 2016

To read this Backgrounder in its original form in English, click here. To read this backgrounder in French, click here. Buddy Pocknett había…

Au-delà d’un simple casino : récit Mashpee autour de la terre, de la nourriture et de la souveraineté

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Hartman Deetz | Jul 29, 2016

To read this Backgrounder in its original form in English, click here. To read this Backgrounder in Spanish, click here.…

A Memorable Meal in Cuba

Blog | Tasnim Elboute | Jul 27, 2016

This post is about Food First’s Food Sovereignty Tour to Cuba. To learn more about our upcoming Cuba trip or…

More Than a Bingo Hall: A Story of Mashpee Land, Food, and Sovereignty

Blog | Hartman Deetz | Jul 21, 2016

The following is an excerpt from our latest Dismantling Racism in the Food System Backgrounder. Click here to download this Backgrounder in…

News & Views Summer 2016B: Agroecology, Brexit, and Cuban Food Sovereignty

Food First News & Views | Food First | Jul 18, 2016

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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…

Land for Food Justice? AB 551 and Structural Change

Policy Brief | Antonio Roman-Alcalá and Erin Havens | Jun 21, 2016

Click here to download this Policy Brief in full. This Policy Brief is #8 in the Land and Sovereignty Policy Brief…