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Bolivia Reclaiming Food Sovereignty, Part I: The resurgence of native foods

kerssen — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:43:08 -0400

by Tanya Kerssen

Livelihoods at Risk: Global consequences of an oil dependent food system

kerssen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:16:53 -0400

by Tanya Kerssen

Congress Discusses Ways to "Feed the Future"

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:47:20 -0400

By Scott Lensing

Yesterday, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs heard from a panel of seven experts on the State Department’s new program to fight global hunger, the “Feed the Future” initiative. Originally released in May of this year, the Feed the Future Guide presents plans for bringing greater food security to countries in the Global South, with $3.5 billion dollars in funding over the next three years. Despite a number of laudable goals, several congressional representatives and panelists voiced concerns about misguided focus.

The Fight Over Food Deserts – Corporate America smacks its way down

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:59:33 -0400

Originally published on the Huffington Post

by Eric Holt-Gimenez, Annie Shattuck and Zoe Brent

Un conte de trois villes: La lutte mondiale pour éradiquer la faim

kerssen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:25:17 -0400

Par Eric Holt-Giménez

Directeur exécutif, l'Institut pour l'Alimentation et la Politique de Développement (Food First), version anglaise publié par Huffington Post, 23 mai, 2010:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/a-tale-of-threecitiesthe...

Market-led Development Aid for Africa: Good for business, bad for farmers

rjonasse — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:30:40 -0400

Photo by vredeseilanden, Creative Commons

"Don't get caught in a bad restaurant!" Food workers get creative on exploitative restaurant chain

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:06:38 -0400

Last week in Dearborn, Michigan the Restaurant Opportunities Center told Andiamo's Restaurant in no uncertain terms what they thought of the company. Andiamo's is being sued by its staff for over $125,000 in unpaid (stolen) wages. Thanks to ROC and the Food Chain Workers Alliance for the great video!

Going for a raw (milk) nation

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 17:03:29 -0400

By Cait Van Damm

I’ll admit, I miss breaking the law. Not so long ago at a farm in New York’s Hudson Valley that will go unnamed, I used to fill up half-gallon mason jars of raw milk for a whopping $1.50. The milk was incredible; hours from the source, it was smooth, ultra-creamy, and everything a dairy connoisseur hopes and dreams about. Ah, memories.

Dairy Farmers Face Dean Foods in Anti-trust "Listening Sessions"

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:41:31 -0400

Farmers were out in force in Madison, Wisconsin last week demanding an end to anti-competitive practices in the dairy industry. The Department of Justice held it's third "listening session" on corporate concentration in agriculture, this time focusing on the beleaguered dairy industry.

Macro Problems, Micro Distractions? Grameen America expands to D.C., Bay Area

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:09:51 -0400

By Jennifer Kampe and Eric Holt-Gimenez

A Pandora's Box Moment? Synthetic Biology Breakthrough Tied to Search for Cheap Biofuels

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:32:42 -0400

By Annie Shattuck and Scott Lensing

The J. Craig Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics Inc. announced the successful construction of the first self-replicating synthetic organism on May 21, 2010. What might this mean?

Africans Face Competing Visions of Agricultural Development at a Critical Juncture

rjonasse — Thu, 20 May 2010 12:42:31 -0400

By Richard Jonasse, Food First

HAITIAN FARMERS COMMIT TO BURNING MONSANTO HYBRID SEEDS

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 16:09:52 -0400

By Beverly Bell of Other Worlds are Possible
May 17, 2010

“A new earthquake” is what peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news that Monsanto will be donating 60,000 seed sacks (475 tons) of hybrid corn seeds and vegetable seeds, some of them treated with highly toxic pesticides. The MPP has committed to burning Monsanto’s seeds, and has called for a march to protest the corporation’s presence in Haiti on June 4, for World Environment Day.

Public Aid, Philanthropy, and the Privatization of African Agricultural Development

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:53:03 -0400

By Richard Jonasse and Tanya Kerssen

People's Climate Summit Begins in Cochabamba, Bolivia: A roundup on good coverage

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:44:42 -0400

Social movements, farmers organizations, indigenous people, civil society and government representatives from over 70 countries gathered today for the the World People's Summit on Climate Change in Cochabamba, Bolivia.