The Sioux Tribe and water keepers everywhere have something to celebrate with Obama’s Executive order to halt the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline through
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Indigenous Women Fight to Protect Rights of Woven Guatemala Textile Design
Alison Cohen
Dona Sofia and children: ""I never thought that we could become a community of strong women, with our heads full of ideas. I may not
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Storytelling from the Front Lines of Food Justice
Alison Cohen
Any well-trained organizer can rattle off the importance of storytelling as a means to building relationships in service to a campaign or a cause. First,
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The Antidote to Farmer Suicide in Southern India
Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger’s Senior Director of Programs. This post first appeared on EcoWatch. Krishnappa standing on the edge of his food forest sharing his
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Storytelling from the Front Lines of Food Justice
Alison Cohen
This post originally appeared on EcoWatch. Photos by David Hanson. Any well-trained organizer can rattle off the importance of storytelling as a means to building relationships
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Honoring the Right to Food on Human Rights Day 2014
Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger’s Senior Director of Programs. “Their courage [those whose rights were most egregiously violated] came not from faith in UN documents but
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The Other World Food Day Prize
Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger's Senior Director of Programs, and Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau, WhyHunger's Outreach and Partnerships Manager for the Global Movements Program. This post first appeared on
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Climate Justice at the Root of Food Justice
Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger's Senior Director of Programs. This post originally appeared on EcoWatch. A locally trained agronomist works with residents at Mouvman Peyizan Papay
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Women of the Land: A Photo Essay from the Dominican Republic
Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger's Senior Director of Programs In July, WhyHunger traveled to the Dominican Republic to spend time learning from our partner CONAMUCA. Founded
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We Are All Farmer Brown! Maine’s small farmers fight to protect food sovereignty
Alison Cohen
By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger’s Senior Director of Programs. Maine is the first state to pass local ordinances in favor of food sovereignty, or the right of
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