Food justice sees the lack of healthy food in poor communities as a human rights issue and draws from grassroots struggles and US organizing traditions such as the civil rights and environmental justice movements.
Blog | Jordan Treakle, Patty Lovera and Siena Chrisman | Jul 26, 2021
This publication was originally published by disparitytoparity. The end of parity pricing and supply management farm programs was a huge…
A major decision that may impact the future of work and have implications for food justice will be made on…
Blog | Tony VanWinkle | Jun 22, 2020
Every other year I teach a course titled, “Security, Sovereignty, and Justice in the Global Food System” at a small,…
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Jun 11, 2020
The following is a special edition, eight-page Backgrounder covering the experiences and insights from farmers and farmworkers during the COVID-19…
Blog | Food First | Jun 9, 2020
“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice…
Blog | Food First | Jun 3, 2020
On Tuesday, June 2nd, Food First’s M. Jahi Chappell was joined by Raj Patel, Ahna Kruzic, and Jim Goodman to…
Blog | David Bacon | May 21, 2020
The following is an excerpt from our upcoming, special edition Backgrounder on COVID-19 and the food system. The COVID Crisis…
Blog | Food First | Apr 24, 2020
The following videos are recordings of the webinar, Farmworkers, COVID-19 and Our Capitalist Food System, which took place on April 23rd.…
Blog | Erik Hazard and Leila Mzali | Apr 9, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how an economic system dependent on low-wage labor creates as many issues as it purports…
Academic Publication | Aliza Tuttle | Apr 6, 2020
This book review was originally published at the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. Download the PDF here…
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Alastair Iles, Annie Shattuck, Antonio Roman-Alcalá, Erik Hazard, Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, M. Jahi Chappell and Maywa Montenegro | Mar 26, 2020
What does it look like when activist-scholars, embedded in academic institutions that foster a culture of individualism and competition, work to collectivize their efforts and support social movements fighting for systemic change?
Blog | Melissa Gordon | Nov 4, 2019
“Utopia lies at the horizon. When I draw nearer by two steps, it retreats two steps. If I proceed ten…