Is your 401K threatening someone else’s food sovereignty? How about your tuition? These questions may not be comprised of parallels that readily come to mind for many
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Land Grabbing in the Quilombola Community in Boca do Rio, Brazil
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by Jusleen Basra The imposition of large, resource-extractive corporations on Indigenous and peasant territories around the world strips land access from local communities and deeply
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Unprecedented Times and the Right to Food in the U.S.: Food Security During COVID (Pt. III)
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by Romy Felsen-Parsons *This series reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food insecurity and the right to food throughout the course
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En Defensa del Maíz: Una mirada a la decisión de México de eliminar las importaciones de maíz transgénico
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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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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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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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Brazilian Farmers Threatened with Eviction During Global Pandemic
Saulo Araujo
As of today, Brazil has over 900,000 confirmed cases of COVID and it is now projected to have the highest number of deaths, passing the
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