Drought and debt, from Punjab to California: Unearthing the Green Revolution
Unearthing the Green Revolution, Part I: California’s fertile Central Valley is home to a sizable community of farmers from Punjab…
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Caitlin Hachmyer pairs farming with teaching, activism
Farmers work famously long hours, especially right now as the growing season reaches its peak and harvest is in full…
Does U.S. Farm Policy Have a Race Problem?
By By Steve Holt on November 10, 2015 When it comes to the disparities within the food system, the numbers are pretty stark. The…
Agroecology Advocates Meet at UCSC for International Conference
SANTA CRUZ, CA – International researchers, farmers and community workers have toured Santa Cruz County farms and community gardens this…
Vitamins in an Era of Malnutrition: Raj Patel Keynote at UVM 2015 Food Summit
Food First fellow Raj Patel's keynote speech at the University of Vermont 2015 Food Summit
Policy Expert: Walmart has “immense power” over food system
Al Jazeera interviews Food First Executive Director Eric Holt-Giménez on the root causes of worker exploitation in the corporate food system.
US Activists Protest Charter Cities: An ‘Assault on Honduran Sovereignty’
A coalition of Bay Area groups, including Food First, have issued a call to action to protest anti-democratic land grabbing and repression in Honduras.
Latin America’s Future Tied to Sustainable Farming
Food First researcher Tanya Kerssen and members of the Land & Sovereignty in the Americas Collective Gonzalo Colque and Freddy Ordoñez are quoted in this article.
Nourishing Life in the Face of Oppression
Cultures of Resistance spoke to Food First's Tanya Kerssen, MADRE's Diana Duarte and Grassroots International's Sara Mersha about gender and women-led food movements.
Intentan Salvar Granja Urbana en el Este de la Bahía
Food First Executive Director Eric Holt-Giménez is interviewed about the Gill Tract farm by the Spanish-language television station Telemundo 48 Bay Area.
Raj Patel: Gender Equality Missing from the Food Policy Conversation
The author, academic and Food First fellow talks about what it will take to level the playing field for women on farms around the world.
Raj Patel Talks Social Theory, Our Global Future
The North Wind interviews Food First fellow Raj Patel about capitalism, Marxism, anarchism, optimism, Occupy, and preaching to the choir.
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