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 Video Recap: 2nd Annual Rural Justice Summit

Blog | Leonor Hurtado | May 11, 2017

On March 22, 2017, 160 people attended the 2nd Rural Justice Summit at UC Merced. The reach of this summit…

People’s Climate March: A Powerful Day for Climate Justice & Food Sovereignty

Blog | Ahna Kruzic | Apr 30, 2017

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The #PeoplesClimate #PeoplesFood Pledge

Blog | Food First | Apr 25, 2017

To address the root causes of hunger, we must address climate change. That’s why we’ll be on the ground at…

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…