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: Squeezing Profits from Long Value Chains
The concept of a value chain is useful in understanding how our food system works. As food moves from the field to the table, various people including farmers, distributors,...
Why Grow More Food?
Are we growing food for human consumption? Do we grow it to rot in warehouses? Do we grow it to bring huge profits for investors? Do we grow it...
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...
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....
States Supporting Agroecology: UN Special Rapporteur Oliveir de Schutter’s report on the Right to Food
As Mark Hertsgaard’s Op-Ed in the New York Times Thursday, September 13th explained, the US House of Representatives is in legislative gridlock, failing to come to any agreement that...