US Food Justice
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.
Puede la agricultura urbana alimentar a las ciudades?
Blog | Miguel Altieri | Feb 15, 2019
To view this article in English, click here. Universidad de California, Berkeley Centro LatinoAmericano de Investigaciones Agroecologicas (CELIA) En el…
How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities
Blog | Miguel Altieri | Feb 14, 2019
Cover Photo: City Farm is a working sustainable farm that has operated in Chicago for over 30 years. Linda from…
The Green New Deal: Fulcrum for the farm and food justice movement?
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Dec 17, 2018
Over eight decades ago, the Dust Bowl devastated over 100,000,000 acres of agricultural land and the Great Depression threw 15…
Nyéléni Newsletter #35: Food Sovereignty at the rural-urban interface
Nyéléni Newsletter | Food First | Dec 10, 2018
Food First was honored to edit this edition of the Nyeleni Newsletter on the role of Food sovereignty at the…
Berkeley y la traición de su legado agrícola
Blog | Miguel Altieri | Nov 29, 2018
La Universidad de California-Berkeley, UCB, es una universidad establecida en tierras públicas cedidas por el gobierno federal en virtud de…
This Thanksgiving, Remember the People’s History of Our Food
Blog | Eric Holt-Giménez | Nov 21, 2018
“Afterwards they (as many as were able) began to plant their corn, in which service Squanto [Tisquantum] stood them in…
Berkeley: The Betrayal of an Agricultural Legacy
Blog | Miguel Altieri | Nov 19, 2018
Cover Photo: Miguel Altieri speaking at “Occupy the Farm.” The University of California-Berkeley is a land-grant university, established by the…
News and Views Fall 2018
Food First News & Views | Erik Hazard | Oct 5, 2018
Click here to download this News and Views, or view in full below. Want to see what Food First has…
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…
The Ugly Truth of Ugly Produce
Blog | The Phat Beets Crew | Aug 16, 2018
Back in 2015 we at Phat Beets Produce received a curious email from a “startup” produce company serving the East…
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