
Policy Briefs


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…
Honduras: Building a National Agroecology Movement Against the Odds
Policy Brief | Edwin Escoto and Steve Brescia | Feb 17, 2017
This policy brief is adapted from a chapter of Food First Books’ forthcoming book Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground…
From Oases to Landscapes of Success: Accelerating Agroecological Innovation in Burkina Faso
Policy Brief | Fatoumata Batta and Tsuamba Bourgou | Jan 23, 2017
This policy brief is adapted from a chapter of Food First Books’ forthcoming book Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the…
Land for Food Justice? AB 551 and Structural Change
Policy Brief | Antonio Roman-Alcalá and Erin Havens | Jun 21, 2016
Click here to download this Policy Brief in full. This Policy Brief is #8 in the Land and Sovereignty Policy Brief…
Green Manure Crops in Africa: A Report from the Field
Policy Brief | Roland Bunch | Mar 21, 2016
In this personal letter, Roland shares his recent work with the successful farmer-to-farmer spread of cover crops in seven African countries.
Agro-Colonialism in the Congo: Europe and US bankroll a new round of colonialism in the DRC
Policy Brief | GRAIN and RIAO-RDC | Jun 2, 2015
A 100-year old land conflict in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo is about to boil over thanks to US and European-funded land grabbing.
Land & Resource Grabs in the United States: Five sites of struggle and potential transformation
Policy Brief | Tanya M. Kerssen and Zoe Brent | Oct 16, 2014
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 7 This issue describes five areas of land and resource grabbing in the US, which also embody key sites of resistance.
Food Insecurity of Restaurant Workers
Policy Brief | Food Chain Workers Alliance, Food First and Restaurant Opportunities Center | Jul 24, 2014
The Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA), the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) and the Restaurant Opportunities Center of…
Land Conflicts and the Criminalization of Peasant Movements in Paraguay
Policy Brief | FIAN International and La Vía Campesina | Jun 18, 2014
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 6. On June 15, 2012, seventeen people were killed in the rural district of Curuguaty, Paraguay.
Farmland Meets Finance: Is Land the New Economic Bubble?
Policy Brief | Madeleine Fairbairn | May 27, 2014
Land & Sovereignty Brief No. 5 This report identifies broad trends in farmland investing with the potential to affect countries in the Global North and Global South.
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