Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy - Institute for Food and Development Policy

Small farms as a planetary ecological asset: Five key reasons why we should support the revitalization of small farms in the Global South

admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:36:41 -0400

by Miguel A. Altieri
President, Sociedad Cientifica LatinoAmericana de Agroecologia (SOCLA)

The Agrofuels Trojan Horse: Biotechnology and the Corporate Domination of Agriculture

admin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:10:35 -0400

Policy Brief No. 14
by Annie Shattuck
April 2008

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"Via Campesina proposal to Solve Food Crisis: Strengthening peasant and farmer-based food production

rjonasse — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:39:17 -0400

OPEN LETTER to Mr Jacques Diouf Secretary General
of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime
Minister of Japan, President of the G8, Mr. John W. Ashe, Permanent UN
representative, Antigua and Barbuda's Permanent and Chairman of the Group of 77

From: Henry Saragih, International Coordinator for La Via Campesina Jakarta,
April 28, 2008

Two Eric Holt-Gimenez Radio Interviews!

rjonasse — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:11:48 -0400

Eric's one-hour Wisconsin Public Radio interview, and another on Voice of America Radio cover food prices, food rebellions, the US Farm Bill, the IMF and World Bank, agrofuels, and other factors contributing to the current global food crisis.

Food Crisis in the Age of Unregulated Global Markets

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:27:11 -0400

by Gretchen Gordon

Pouring Fuel on the Food

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:41:37 -0400

This week's headlines are ablaze with reports of food riots. Seemingly overnight, the world went from cheap food and surpluses to food prices spiking 80% and countries banning exports of food in an attempt to stave off shortages.

Rising Food Prices, Rising Food Protests

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:42:12 -0400

by Loren Peabody

Food riots are currently on the rise across the globe, caused less by shortfalls in world food production than by the rising food prices that increased 45 percent in the past 9 months (July 2007 through March 2008), according to the FAO.

The New Green Revolution and World Food Prices

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:25:21 -0400

by Raj Patel and Eric Holt-Giménez

It was just a matter of time… and not long at that. The world food crisis and the explosion of “food riots” across the globe has been turned into an opportunity. By whom? By the same institutions that created the conditions for the crisis in the first place: proponents of the new Green Revolution.

Graduation speech to ALBA farm training graduates

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:13:12 -0400

English translation of a graduation address to the ALBA Graduates of the Education Program for Small Farmers -- Salinas, California, April 5, 2008

By Eric Holt-Giménez, Executive Director, Food First

What's for dinner? Corn ethanol, feedlots and what you eat

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

by Annie Shattuck
April 10, 2008

The debate over renewable energy is raging. The U.S. Congress recently passed a renewable fuels mandate which will effectively create an artificial market for at least 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol per year. Numerous studies have criticized ethanol's environmental footprint. From negligible greenhouse gas savings to increased ground level ozone, and dependency on high-input agriculture–corn ethanol's critics have painted a picture of a costly band-aid for our energy crisis.