What does it mean to say that agriculture is “male-dominated”?
On social media and other online forums excitement is brimming over female farmers. Women farmers are starting their own farms. They are organizing with other women to create communities...
Dalits in Today’s India: 2015
All of the papers in the recently published collection of essays titled Life as a Dalit: Views from the Bottom on Caste and India (edited by Subhadra Mitra Channa...
Women Bear the Brunt of Climate Change
Climate change is a global phenomenon. It’s inflicting damage on communities from Asia to Latin America, and everywhere in between, but it’s important to remember that climate change does...
Dr. Mencher on US-India trade disagreement: “India is Right”
In a letter to India Abroad published last week, Dr. Mencher argues that “India is Right”, even though the mainstream press appears overwhelmingly in support of the United States...
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...