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News and Views: Summer 2021

Food First News & Views | Food First | Jul 15, 2021

Download the full PDF here. Food First Responds to Unjust Halting of Relief for BIPOC Farmers Food First, along with…

Natalie Baszile on Why ‘Black Land Matters’

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Elise Proulx | Jul 1, 2021

Download the PDF version here. The following interview was originally published at Oaklandside. It has been republished here with permission.…

News and Views: 2020 Annual Report

Annual Report | Food First News & Views | Food First | May 5, 2021

Download the full Annual Report here Food First Donors, Friends, and Colleagues: As we gathered to consider crafting this year’s…

Newsletter no 43 – Food Sovereignty in a Time of Pandemic

Nyéléni Newsletter | Nyéléni Newsletter | Apr 26, 2021

EN Food Sovereignty in a time of pandemic The new edition of the Nyéléni Newsletter is now online! When the World…

A Democratic Food System Means Unions For Farmworkers

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | David Bacon | Apr 14, 2021

To download our PDF, click here. The people who labor in US fields produce immense wealth, yet poverty among farmworkers…

Newsletter no 42 – Ten Years of Nyéléni – Much to Celebrate!

Nyéléni Newsletter | Food First | Jan 6, 2021

Download the full, English version of Nyéléni Newsletter here. Download the full, Spanish version of Nyéléni Newsletter here. Download the…

News and Views: Winter 2020

Food First News & Views | Food First | Dec 24, 2020

Download the PDF version here. Food First Looks Ahead to the Next Chapter for Social Movements The end of 2020…

Rivers of Finance, But Not a Drop to Drink: Financialization, Power, and Agriculture in California’s Parched Central Valley

Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Tom Philpott | Dec 14, 2020

The San Joaquin Valley stands as one of the jewels of US agriculture: a massive producer of fruits, vegetables, wine grapes, and nuts. Like the state of California itself, it came into US possession during a gold rush—and has been shaped by money and power ever since.