Government Shutdown is a Crisis for the Right, and Could Be an Opportunity for Small Farmers
It’s an old saying that within every crisis there is opportunity. Recently, journalists have taken to quoting former White-House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s statement that “You never let...
The Monsanto Protection Act – We’re Happy to See It Go!
Food justice activists won a victory this week as the United States Senate voted not to extend the “Monsanto Protection #8221; The act is set to expire on September...
Kroul Farms, Farming the Family Way
Between 2002 and 2007, the total number of farms in the United States increased by 4 percent, the first increase in the number of farms since 1935. A growing...
Remembering Jessie De La Cruz: farm worker, organizer, and activist
This past weekend the United States lost Jessie De La Cruz, one of the early leaders of the United Farm Workers whose historic movement for farm worker justice won...
What About Food For People? – the US Farm Bill and the Rural Economy
Conservative Republicans in the US House of Representatives remain unconcerned with the needs of the American people as they argue to split the Farm Bill in two. They are...
The Green Revolution Changed the Way the World Thinks about Agriculture, to Rely Exclusively on Chemical Inputs
When the Green Revolution spread from the to the Third World in the 1960s and 70s, it also spread a paradigm for thinking about agriculture. This paradigm excluded...
Keep Your Eyes on the House – Farm Bill 2013
This week, the House of representatives will be debating the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. The bill is the latest of the bills passed...
Food Sovereignty – Resiting Land Grabs in Mozambique
From a distance, the rural land in Chiure district of Mozambique, appears un-groomed and uncared for, but, as Hazel Haley explains in her article in the May issue of...
Sustainable Development and Local Knowledge in Niger
In the 1960s and 70s, the world heralded the coming of the Green Revolution. This so called “revolution” was made by exporting the technology of industrial agriculture and the...
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It is not easy for many small and medium-sized farmers to transition from industrial, high-input methods to sustainable, low-input methods. This transition would require expensive investments in order to...