Food First News & Views
Battling the Octopus: Food and Land Struggles in Honduras
Food First News & Views | Food First | Jul 1, 2012
Summer 2012, Vol. 34 No. 125 Honduras is approaching the third anniversary of the military coup that overthrew its president on June 28, 2009.
2011 Annual Report
Annual Report | Food First News & Views | Food First | Apr 1, 2012
Spring 2012, Vol. 34, No. 124 Did you feel it? A seismic tremor shook our food system last year. Though low on the “Richter Scale” of social change, it opened deep cracks in the corporate food regime.
Reclaiming our Food Culture, Rebuilding our Food System
Food First News & Views | Food First | Feb 1, 2012
Winter 2011-12, Vol. 33, No. 123 The General Strike Food Justice Teach-In showed us the value of coming together to break bread and build relationships.
Occupy the Food System!
Food First News & Views | Food First | Oct 1, 2011
Fall 2011, Vol. 33, No. 122 As the food movement moves into the new political spaces being opened up by Occupy Wall Street, a bold vision of food sovereignty is being crafted.
Greening the Food Desserts
Food First News & Views | Food First | Jul 1, 2011
Summer 2011, Vol. 33, No. 121 Recently First Lady Michelle Obama announced that SUPERVALU, Walgreens and Walmart committed to open or expand 1500 supermarkets across America’s "food deserts."
2010 Annual Report
Annual Report | Food First News & Views | Food First | Apr 1, 2011
Spring 2011, Vol. 33, No. 120 Due to the world economic crisis, Food First, like so many organizations faced serious budget shortfalls with grants down by 61% and individual donations down by 17% in 2009-2010 compared to the previous fiscal year.
Perpetuating the Eternal Food Fight
Food First News & Views | Food First | Dec 1, 2010
Winter 2010, Vol. 32, No. 119 The recycling of failed neoliberal solutions keeps us from addressing the root causes of hunger including poverty and the inequitable distribution of resources.
The Industrialization of African Agriculture: Answer to Hunger or Gateway to Violence?
Food First News & Views | Food First | Oct 1, 2010
Fall 2010, Vol. 32 No. 118 The corporate rush to industrialize African agriculture is riding the coattails of the global food crisis.
International Tug of War Over How to End Hunger
Food First News & Views | Food First | Jul 1, 2010
Summer 2010, Vol. 32 No. 117 If civil society is not allowed to lead, the tug-of-war between Rome, New York and DC over who will end hunger will end in “business as usual.”
2009 Annual Report
Annual Report | Food First News & Views | Food First | Apr 1, 2010
Spring 2010, Vol. 32, No. 116 In 2010, we will continue to expose the roots of hunger and promote the changes needed to transform our food systems. We also work within US-based coalitions including the Community Food Security Coalition.
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