Read in English Por Jusleen Basra "El maíz es el elemento central de la forma de vida de las comunidades indígenas. Podríamos decir que el
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In Defense of Corn: A Look into Mexico’s Decision to Phase Out GM Corn Imports
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Leer en Español by Jusleen Basra “Corn is the central element of the Indigenous communities' way of life. We could say that corn is the
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What We’re Reading: Where Food Justice Meets Economic Justice
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by Jusleen Basra At the core of WhyHunger’s mission to end hunger is the understanding that access to nutritious food is directly linked to racial
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“Solidarity, Not Charity”: Mutual Aid Has Been Around for a Long Time
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by Romy Felsen-Parsons While the Covid-19 pandemic has seen a dramatic resurgence in the concept of mutual aid, the idea itself has been in
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Somali Bantu Community Association & All Nepal Peasants’ Federation Receive 12th Annual Food Sovereignty Prize in 2020
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The year 2020 and the COVID-19 crisis have left communities around the world with a host of challenges ranging
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Freedom From Want: Advocating for the Right to Food in the United States
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By Alison Cohen, WhyHunger, and Denisse Córdova Montes, University of Miami Human Rights Clinic The right to adequate food and nutrition is both a
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Repairing a Broken Food System in the Wake of the Pandemic: Could a Right to Food Framework Be the Way Forward?
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By Romy Felsen-Parsons The rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic has caused the number of people living in conditions of food insecurity to skyrocket,
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Internationalism is Key in Amplifying Social Movements and Reshaping the Global Food System
Alex Roth
Over the last half century, small farmers and fisher people across the world have increasingly been dispossessed of their land and denied resources while multinational
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COVID-19 And the Right to Food: Exploring the Emergence of a Global Solidarity Alliance for Food, Health and Social Justice
Alison Cohen
#RightsNotCharity Around the world, COVID-19 is shaking the foundation of our globalized economic system to its core. The “richest” countries in the world are staring
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