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The Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First shapes how people think by analyzing the root causes of global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation and developing solutions in partnership with movements working for social change.
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Did you know that Walmart controls more than a 30% share in 44% of major U.S. grocery markets?

Posted September 1st, 2010 by admin

And in 29 of those markets, the company controls more than a 50% share.

August 31, 2010

Executive Summary

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TET KOLE ON THE NEEDS OF HAITIAN FARMERS

Posted September 1st, 2010 by admin

Rosnel Jean Baptiste, exec sec of Tet Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen at pilot seedbank

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Photo of Rosnel Jean Baptiste, exec sec of Tet Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen at pilot seedbank.

“EVEN IF WE’RE PEASANTS, WE DESERVE TO LIVE, TOO.”
By Beverly Bell
September 1, 2010

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Advocates for independent ranchers, workers and consumers demand federal action to restore fair markets

Posted August 27th, 2010 by admin

August 26, 2010 meeting of ranchers, farmers, and activists

August 27, 2010, Fort Collins, Colo. – Today the USDA and the Department of Justice hold the fourth in a series of historic workshops on corporate concentration and lack of competition in agriculture. This workshop will examine the livestock industry.

A coalition of organizations that represent independent ranchers, workers and consumers is asking the agencies for new regulations and enforcement efforts to clarify and strengthen protections provided in the Packers and Stockyards Act to mitigate unfair practices that put farmers and ranchers, workers, and consumers at a disadvantage.

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This time Sodexo caves and signs Fair Food agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers

Posted August 24th, 2010 by admin

The big three food service industry leaders now squarely behind growing movement for Fair Food!...

Danny Glover arrested at SEIU protest against Sodexo, 4-2010

In April 2010 SEIU mounted a labor protest against Sodexo that gained considerable press coverage with celebrities including Holly Near and Danny Glover involved in the protest. Fast forward to August and Sodexo was clearly not interested in more bad press.

Coalition of Immokalee Workers--August 23, 2010

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