News and Views

Food First News and Views Winter 2009

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Two alarming documents on hunger and the food crisis were released in November. The USDA reports an alarming increase in food insecurity—fully one in seven Americans do not get enough food throughout the year. And a declaration from the World Summit on Food Security in Rome notes that the world is now hungrier than ever before. The parallels between global and national hunger are staggering.

Food First News & Views Fall 2009

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Summer 2009 News & Views

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While the Oakland Food Policy Council (OFPC) was established 2008, its seeds were sown in 2005 when the Oakland Mayor’s Office of Sustainability commissioned a study on the Oakland food system. The report, the Food Systems Assessment for Oakland, CA, made several innovative recommendations. Among them was a recommendation to create a food policy council to review the food system from production through waste management, and develop ideas to make the food system equitable and sustainable.

Spring 2009 News & Views--Highlights of Food First's Impact in 2008

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Spring 2009
Volume 31 Number 112

Food First News & Views Winter 2008 Vol 30 Number 111

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Opening the Door to Food Sovereignty in Ecuador
by Karla Pena

There Never was a better time to end hunger--equitably,sustainably, and permanently
by Eric Holt-Gimenez

Food and Financial Crisis
by Eric Holt-Gimenez

Food First News & Views Fall 2008, Vol. 30 #110

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TWIN TSUNAMIS?

The World Food Program described the global food crisis as a “silent tsunami” surging over an unaware populace, helpless in the face of massive destruction. The financial crisis—rapidly going global—now threatens to increase everyone’s vulnerability to hunger. The compound
effect of the twin crises seems overwhelming.

Hunger, Crisis, and Business: The perfect storm of food aid

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:02:28 -0400

At the June 1-4, 2008 FAO Food Security Summit in Rome, representatives of 181 countries reaffirmed their commitment to food security goals from previous summits held in 1996 and "Five Years Later." Delegates voiced concern about the lack of progress toward the UN Millennium Development Goals. That's the good news.

Food First News & Views Spring 2008-Highlights of Food First's 2007 activities and plans for 2008

admin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:04:24 -0400

Food First's work falls under three program areas aimed at integrating Food Sovereignty across both rural and urban and spanning local, national and international arenas. Programs include:

--Assisting with the building of local agri-foods systems,
--Accompanying farmers forging food sovereignty,
--Supporting groups struggling to democratize development including land, resources and markets.

Food First News and Views Winter 2007

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Food Sovereignty and Agroecology: Growing Movements for Constructive Resistance

“I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality and freedom for their spirits. I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up.” — Dr. Martin Luther King

As we witness the global assault on our food systems by corporate profiteers, it is easy to be overwhelmed. But at Food First, we believe Dr. King’s bold words still ring as clear today as they did 40 years ago. What “profit-centered” agrifoods corporations are busy tearing down—rural livelihoods, healthy diets, forests, soils, and water sources—“people-centered” movements for Agroecology and food sovereignty are building up.

Food, Fuel and Green Revolutions: The U.S. 2007 Farm Bill slogs forward

admin — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:22:37 -0400

Food, Fuel and Green Revolutions: The U.S. 2007 Farm Bill slogs forward

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