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
Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities: Opportunities to Bridge Environmental Justice and Soil Carbon Sequestration
Policy Brief | Annie Shattuck, Eric Holt-Giménez, Nikki Silvestri and Torri Estrada | Apr 18, 2017
In 2016, global atmospheric CO2 concentrations passed 400 ppm. To get back to the safe zone, generally recognized as below…Gail Myers on Land Justice and African American Agrarianism
Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Apr 14, 2017
Gail Myers, co-founder of Farms to Grow, Inc., shares her powerful commitment and experience in the upcoming book Land Justice:…
Peasants, Science, and Climate Change
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Apr 12, 2017
On April 17th peasant organizations around the world will celebrate the Day of Peasant Struggle. Five days later, on the 22nd…
Cultivating Gender Justice
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | | Mar 29, 2017
Author’s note: Thank you to Tasnim Elboute, Ayana Crawford, McKenna Jacquemet, Matthew Rose-Stark, Erik Hazard, and Jonathan Baldoza for their invaluable and…
Oxford Tract Struggle: It’s Not Starting from Zero
Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Mar 23, 2017
Photo by Todd Darling The transfer of public goods to private hands for the benefit of those in power has…
2017 Organicology Conference Keynote with Eric Holt-Giménez
Blog | Leonor Hurtado | Mar 17, 2017
“You are the folks inventing a new farming and food system… You get to be the ones to make history.…
Gender Injustice and the Cultivation of Industrial Agriculture
Blog | Ahna Kruzic and Erik Hazard | Mar 8, 2017
Photo by JonyBraker / CC BY While globalization and industrialization of the food system has resulted in fewer farms and…
The Vision and Legacy of Berta Cáceres: An interview with Berta Zúñiga Cáceres and Laura Zúñiga Cáceres
Blog | Beverly Bell | Mar 3, 2017
Photo by Prachatai, CC / BY. One year ago this week, Berta Cáceres was murdered by the national and local Honduran government and a…
Honoring Kathy Ozer
Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Jan 25, 2017
Here at Food First, we are celebrating the life and contributions of comrade Kathy Ozer, who was the Executive Director of…
Special Report – Voices of Justice: Women for Agricultural Transformation
Blog | Matthew Rose-Stark | Dec 23, 2016
Author’s note: I was invited to attend “Foundations and the Future: Women’s Leadership in the Food Movement” on behalf of…
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