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	Agro-Fuels Fact Sheet.pdf	706.94 KB

Myth #1 - Agro-fuels are clean and green.
Myth #2 - Agro-fuels will not result in deforestation.
Myth #3 - Agro-fuels will bring rural development.
Myth #4 - Agro-fuels will not cause hunger.
Myth #5 - Better "second generation "Agro-fuels are just around the corner.

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	Land Grabbing Fact Sheet.pdf	602.29 KB

The food and financial crisis in 2008 ignited a massive round of land grabbing in the Global South.

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	Democratizing Development 2010.pdf	29.48 KB

Social movements in the Global South are fighting for indigenous and peasant rights, land reform, sustainable agriculture, clean water, fair prices for agricultural goods, and freedom from foreign “dumping” and GMO contamination. Increasingly, they are resisting the onslaught of industrial agrofuels plantations (biofuels). These aspects of the global food system make up the structural conditions that perpetuate hunger and poverty.

Our country is facing a major crisis, and it’s not just financial. With 50 million people hungry, national poverty rates rising, and the incidence of diabetes and diet-related diseases skyrocketing, it’s clear that fundamental change is needed. What will it take to achieve a prosperous, healthy food system for all? Food First’s Building Local Agrifood Systems program tackles the issue from all sides.

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	Farmers Forging Food Sovereignty 2010.pdf	28.7 KB

Dismantling the industrial agri-foods complex at the local food system level must be accompanied by the construction of alternatives that suit the needs of small-scale producers and low-income consumers, worldwide. Farmers Forging Food Sovereignty focuses on farmer alternatives to corporate control over production and consumption. The strategy is to help farmer movements for food sovereignty and sustainable agriculture to document and share their alternatives among broad sectors of the rural and urban population in order to advance peasant-led food system alternatives.

By Heather Quinlan

Water is an essential input for both farms and gardens. Who controls water determines who controls our food system. Major multinational water corporations continue to push to buy up water systems around the world. The current global recession makes many communities vulnerable to accepting the substantial up-front payments offered in return for long-term private leases of water systems.

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	Labor Fact Sheet.pdf	571.56 KB

By Zoe BrentThroughout its value chain, the US Food System employs approximately 17% of all US workers. Yet, food workers are being exploited - many are even going hungry!This undermines the sustainability of the entire food system.Jobs in the food sector are bad and getting worse!According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2008 Economic Report, food preparation and serving related occupations are the lowest paid ofall occupational categories, followed by farming, fishing and forestry occupations.

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	AGRA Fact Sheet 9-09 by Tanya Kerssen.pdf	1.73 MB

By Tanya Kerssen

Although AGRA claims to be a farmer-led, African initiative, all of its institutional structures and decision-making processes were developed without consulting even with Africa’s largest farmer organizations and federations. AGRA’s definition of participation is highly limited. prompting one farm leader to confront AGRA saying, "“You come. You buy the land. You make a plan. You build a house. Now you ask me, what color do I want to paint the kitchen? This is not participation!”

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By Karla Peña

The Food Sovereignty Organic Law in Ecuador was approved by the National Assembly with President Rafael Correa’s Partial Veto in March of this year.

Chicago, Illinois
May 6, 2009
One in six young children live on the brink of hunger in 26 states in the U.S., according to a new report issued today by Feeding America. The rate of food insecurity in young children is 33 percent higher than in U.S. adults, where one in eight live at risk of hunger.