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2012 was the year that movements for food security, food justice and food sovereignty adjusted course. In the face of continuing food crises, peasants, pastoralists and fisherfolk of the Global South, and family farmers, urban gardeners, food and farm workers and responsible consumers of the Global North are coming together; converging in their diversity. The food movement is building global and community power and Food First is learning and working alongside the men and women who are actively transforming our food systems.

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The world’s 1 billion smallholder farmers from low and middle-income countries—not governments or corporations—are the biggest investors in agriculture. Even though most of these producers are poor and invest an average of only $150 per year, they still invest four times more than governments and 50 times more than industry. Their $170 billion per year investments feed over half the world.

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Historic summit of food justice organizations held in Oakland, CA and
UC Berkeley launches first ever Food Labor Research Center.

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GM Labeling Comes to California: The right to know versus the right to impose

By Oliver James

This November Californians vote on Proposition 37, "The right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act," on whether to label food made with genetically modified ingredients.

More in attached pdf file.

Also articles on World Food Day versus Food Day: Why are there two?
and Sunsetting on the Community Food Security Coalition?

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Battling the Octopus: Food and Land Struggles in Honduras
By Tanya Kerssen

I decided to get organized and fight, because of how hard it is to feed our children. There are very few people who enjoy all of the country’s wealth. So I joined the movement to fight for the land.
– Maribel García, Unified Campesino Movement of Aguán (MUCA), January 2012

Read the rest of this issue of News & Views in the attached pdf file.

Also in this issue of News & Views

A message from Eric Holt-Giménez on recent Food First activities.