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FOOD PRODUCTION AND NATURE: THE DEADLY PARADOX OF A CLASS-RIVEN SOCIETY

  By Chris Williams More than 50% of counties in the United States are now officially designated “disaster” zones. The reason given in 90% of cases is due to the continent-wide drought that has been devastating crop production. 48% of the US corn crop is rated as “poor to very poor”, along with 37% of … Continue reading

Radical U.N. Report Promotes Democratic Control of Food and an End to Corporate Domination

By Sonali Kolhatkar A new report submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council on the “Right to Food” took aim at the entire basis on which food is produced and distributed on a global scale. Reflecting the type of progressive analysis of our food system from experts like Vandana Shiva and Michael Pollan, report … Continue reading

Got Food Security? Look to the World’s Growing Social Movements

By Eric Holt Gimenez Executive Director, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy.   For the first time in recorded history the next generation is expected to die younger than their parents due to malnutrition and diet-related disease. This is because some will not get enough food to eat. Others will have no choice but to eat … Continue reading

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