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Remembering Jessie De La Cruz: farm worker, organizer, and activist

thesecondchance 5 September, 2013 Remembering Jessie De La Cruz: farm worker, organizer, and activist2015-01-15T22:18:27+00:00 Uncategorized No Comment
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...
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Family Farming

What About Food For People? – the US Farm Bill and the Rural Economy

thesecondchance 8 July, 2013 What About Food For People? – the US Farm Bill and the Rural Economy2015-01-15T22:18:39+00:00 Family Farming No Comment
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...
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Sustainable Development and Local Knowledge in Niger

thesecondchance 29 May, 2013 Sustainable Development and Local Knowledge in Niger2013-11-06T20:42:05+00:00 Sustainable Agriculture No Comment
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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Why Grow More Food: Simplicity in the Kitchen and in the Fields

thesecondchance 1 April, 2013 Why Grow More Food: Simplicity in the Kitchen and in the Fields2013-04-01T22:29:18+00:00 Uncategorized No Comment
Cooking doesn’t have to be complicated. Delicious meals can be made with very few good quality ingredients, and often the best meals are. Looking through the recipe cards left...
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Food Policy

The Legacy of Hugo Chávez and Issues of Food Sovereignty

thesecondchance 11 March, 2013 The Legacy of Hugo Chávez and Issues of Food Sovereignty2013-11-06T20:44:36+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
The response of the US mainstream media to the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez was overwhelmingly bitter last magazine called him a “demagogue” who displayed “reckless and...
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Food Policy

Something P. Sainath Missed

thesecondchance 20 February, 2013 Something P. Sainath Missed2013-11-06T20:43:14+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
In his most recent column in the Hindu,  journalist and activist P. Sainath wrote about the challenges facing Chris Pawelski, a farmer who lives 50 miles upstate from New...
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Food Policy

Learning from China’s Mistakes

thesecondchance 18 December, 2012 Learning from China’s Mistakes2013-11-06T20:47:05+00:00 Food Policy No Comment
Photo Source: Morning Whistle In a recent article published in the Journal of Peasant Studies, a perceptive analysis by the Sociologist Michael Levien looks at the effect on rural...
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Thinking About Crisis: Talking About Solutions

thesecondchance 6 December, 2012 Thinking About Crisis: Talking About Solutions2015-01-15T20:07:50+00:00 Agroecology No Comment
Since 2008, crisis has been constantly among us, and everywhere we go it is being proclaimed by all. Europe, the United States and others are facing continued economic crisis....
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