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
What Aussie Farmers Really Need Is Farm Justice
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez and Eva Perroni | Oct 10, 2018
This article was originally published by the Sydney Environmental Institute on October 10, 2018. Click here to view the original…
Organic Food: Where Do We Go from Here
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Elizabeth Henderson | Oct 5, 2018
Click here to download this backgrounder, or view in full below. Hydroponics and tiny chicken “porches,” are the latest in…
Symposium Takes on Food and Land Justice
Blog | Lauren Everett | Aug 13, 2018
This article was originally published on Solutions Blog at Sustainability – Portland State University. In May 2018, the Graduate Certificate…
Parity and Farm Justice: Recipe for a Resilient Food System
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Ahna Kruzic, George Naylor and Patti Edwardson Naylor | Jun 28, 2018
Click here to download this backgrounder, or view in full below. Every 4-5 years, the U.S. Farm Bill bounces back…
Putting Agriculture First Without Farmers and Land? Reflections on Tanzania’s Road to Green Revolution
Blog | Youjin Chung | Jun 8, 2018
Photo by Holly Holmes/RTB: A Woman Works in her cassava field in Mkuranga district, Tanzania. The following article was originally…
If a Farm Bill Crashes in Congress, Does Anybody Hear It?
Blog | George Naylor | May 29, 2018
The US Farm Bill failed to pass in the House last week. This is good news—but for all the wrong…
Declaration of Small-scale Food Producers and Civil Society Organizations at the II International Symposium on Agroecology April, 2018
Blog | La Vía Campesina | Apr 18, 2018
This declaration was read on behalf of everyone by Mariam Sou, pioneer agroecological peasant farmer, from ENDA-Tiers Monde, Senegal. This…
World Bank Program Forcing Local Communities Off Their Land
Blog | FIAN International | Mar 22, 2018
This post was originally published by FIAN International. The current World Bank’s land titling program in northeastern Brazil is a…
Iowans Call for a New Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Feb 1, 2018
Photo by David Cornwell ADVISORY: Tuesday, February 6th Press Event: Iowans Call for New Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture Farmers, students, and community advocates will gather…
O capitalismo em nosso alimento
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Marion Nestle | Jan 24, 2018
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