Notes from México -Development, Crisis, and Movement Building
By Eric Holt-Giménez, executive director, Food First
Spanish version below.
I was invited to give a talk on Food Crises, Food Sovereignty and Rural Development at the IV International Congress on Rural Development in Villahermosa, capital of the torrid state of Tabasco, Mexico. Between the plenary presentations and work sessions what struck me was how much the idea of rural development has changed since the 1970s when I worked as a rural development volunteer in Mexico.
Basically, few people believe in Development anymore.
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture Editorial
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Read the entire editorial in the Journal of Sustainable Agriculture.
July 24, 2012
We Already Grow Enough Food for 10 Billion People … and Still Can't End
Hunger
Eric Holt-Giménez a , Annie Shattuck b , Miguel Altieri b , Hans
Herren c & Steve Gliessman d
a Food First, Oakland, CA
b University of California, Berkeley, CA
c Millennium Institute, Washington, DC
d University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
Peasants of the world mobilize against green capitalism in Rio
(Rio de Janeiro, 14 June, 2012)
The People's Summit will bring together an expected 3000 people from around the world to mobilize to say NO to the commodification of life and nature at the Peoples Summit for Social and Environmental Justice and in Defense of the Commons.
Aquaponics Add New Dimension to Urban Farming
By Lauren Anderson
The urban farming movement is gaining momentum. But for areas with limited or contaminated greenspace or a short growing season, aquaponics can be an alternative agricultural system. This new type of urban farm has popped up in underused and empty industrial spaces in a number of declining urban centers.
