Harry Belafonte, Danny Glover, Members of Congress Kick Off Economic Human Rights Bus Tour in Georgia
Food First News & Views | Food First | Dec 1, 1999
Winter 1999, Vol. 21, No. 74 0ne by one, testifiers came forward to tell their stories.
Archives
On the Benefits of Small Farms
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Peter Rosset | Dec 1, 1999
For more than a century, pundits have confidently predicted the demise of the small farm, labeling it as backward, unproductive and inefficient.
Dark Victory: The United States and Global Poverty
Book | Bill Rau, Shea Cunningham and Walden Bello | Oct 1, 1999
Dark Victory reveals the sweeping strategy of global economic rollback unleashed by the US to shore up the North's domination.
America Needs Human Rights
Book | Anuradha Mittal and Peter Rosset | Oct 1, 1999
The time has come to stand up for what’s right in America. The growing ranks of those without adequate food, jobs, shelter or healthcare challenge our fundamental notions of right and wrong.
Pesticide Use in California: More of the same
Food First News & Views | Food First | Oct 1, 1999
Fall 1999, Vol. 21, No. 73 Pesticides continue to threaten California's ecosystems and farmworkers according to two new reports released by Pesticide Reform (CPR) and Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA).
Food First Trade Principles
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Peter Rosset | Oct 1, 1999
Since 1973 the income gap between rich and poor nations has grown from 44 to 1 to 72 to 1. The gap between rich and poor in most countries has grown rapidly, followed closely by deepening social problems.
The Multiple Functions and Benefits of Small Farm Agriculture in the Context of Global Trade
Policy Brief | Peter Rosset | Sep 1, 1999
The ongoing process of trade liberalization has already had dramatically negative effects on small farmers everywhere.
Manufacturing the Indonesian Food Crisis
Food First News & Views | Food First | Jul 1, 1999
Summer 1999, Vol. 21, No. 79 News of food shortages and hunger in Indonesia, reported to be caused by drought, alarmed the world in 1998. But recent news has found that many agricultural communities are prospering in the midst of the crisis.
Manufacturing a Crisis: Food Aid in Indonesia
Development Report | A.Z.M. Obaidullah Khan, Anuradha Mittal, John-David Comtois, Marco Mezzera, Vidhyandika Moeljarto and Walden Bello | Jun 1, 1999
Despite widespread reports to the contrary, Indonesia is not suffering a famine.
Cultivating Havana: Urban agriculture and food security in the years of crisis
Development Report | Catherine Murphy | May 1, 1999
Cuba responded to the crisis of 1989 with a national call to increase food production by restructuring agriculture.
Monsanto: Food, Health, Hope
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | A.V. Krebs | Apr 1, 1999
Monsanto and DuPont are betting the farm in bids to transform themselves into the Coke and Pepsi of genetically engineered crops.
Shredding the Safety Net: Welfare Reform As We Know It
Backgrounders & Issue Brief | Anuradha Mittal, Marilyn Borchardt and Peter Rosset | Dec 1, 1998
On Aug. 22, 1996, President Clinton signed Welfare Reform into law.
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