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...
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...
Why Grow More Food: Simplicity in the Kitchen and in the Fields
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...
The Legacy of Hugo Chávez and Issues of Food Sovereignty
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...
Something P. Sainath Missed
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...
Learning from China’s Mistakes
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...
Thinking About Crisis: Talking About Solutions
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....