Joyce E. King, Ph.D.
President
Joyce E. King, Ph.D. holds the Benjamin E. Mays Chair of Urban Teaching, Learning, and Leadership in the College of Education at Georgia State University. She is a graduate of Stanford University where she received a Doctor of Philosophy in the Social Foundations of Education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. As a W.K. Kellogg Foundation Fellowship recipient, Dr. King studied women’s participation in grass roots social change movements in Africa, South America and France.
New Study Shows GE Corn Causes Infertility and Abnormal Gene Expression
A new study commissioned by the Austrian government has found that a diet of GM corn causes infertility and abnormal gene expression in mice. Most studies on the health effects of GM corn have been either short term, or corporate funded and controlled. This study adds to a growing body of independent evidence that GMO's may not be safe.
Powerpoint Presentation for Policy Brief No. 16 from a presentation by Eric Holt-Gimenez at the Community Food Security Coalition 2008 Conference in Philadelphia
Hungry for Justice: How the World Food System Fails the Poor
Compilation of articles from Americas Policy Program including an article titled
Agri-food Industry's Deadly Cycle Feeds Immigration by Eric Holt-Gimenez
Inequalities in the world's food system have been aggravated by recent developments to create the much talked-about food crisis. But what is behind the headlines? This new series delves into agrofuels, trade policy, corporate concentration, climate change, and rising demand to help sort out the real causes of the crisis and what needs to be done about it.
To read these articles go to:
http://americas.irc-online.org/am/5249
Issue #3 AAAGRrrr!
Check out the new issue of AAAGRrrr! : African Agroecological Alternatives to the Green Revolution. http://www.foodfirst.org/en/node/2174
Hambre, crisis y negocio: la tormenta perfecta de la ayuda alimentaria
Por Eric Holt-Giménez, Director, Food First
América Latina en Movimiento No 433
24 Junio 2008
Civil Society Statement on the World Food Emergency: Sign on Letter
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No More "Failures-as-Usual"!