Did you know that Cuba is one of the world’s great innovators in sustainable farming practices? The Cesar Escalante Credit & Services Cooperative in Boyeros, Cuba is one of 20 farming cooperatives in the region that’s working to develop and adapt agroecological farming practices to produce healthy food in a changing climate. Together, they’re feeding their
08-08-2019
Written by Elena Seeley In 1967, three years after President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists planned a Poor People’s Campaign in Washington D.C. Recognizing the ways that the fight for economic justice touches all races and geographic regions, they intended to bring folks together along socioeconomic lines by marching peacefully and
30-07-2019
“Food and farming are the essence of life. Food and farming can be used to have dominion over people, countries, over neighbors and communities or it can be used to liberate.” - Jesús Vázquez, Organización Boricuá, National Coordination Team This summer marks the 30th anniversary of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica, a powerful collective of farmers,
25-07-2019
The USDA recently announced a proposed rule to place new restrictions on eligibility requirements for SNAP (formerly food stamps), which could result in more than 3 million Americans losing access to nutritious food. The Trump Administration seems determined to strip critical nutrition assistance benefits away from Americans living in poverty, even though similar attempts to limit access to SNAP have been explicitly
24-07-2019
Written by Adriana Mullin Image: Zainal Afrin Fuat, member of the International Coordination Committee of La via Campesina giving his opening remark at the launch of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming. “Long live Family Farmers!” Zainal Arifin Faut, a member of the International Coordination Committee of La Via Campesina, exclaimed, concluding his speech at a
23-07-2019
Hunger and climate change are two of the most pressing, interconnected issues of our time. It is impossible to discuss the effects of climate change without addressing the crisis’s grave impacts on our existing food systems, and the environmental degradation accelerated by our current agricultural methods. As a result, issues such as hunger, poverty, and economic instability
19-07-2019
Written by Elena Seeley As we explore organizations pursuing economic justice in the United States, we looked at the community-based work of Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Now in its thirtieth year, what began as a soup kitchen has expanded into so much more, harnessing the power of food to end hunger and break the cycle of poverty.
15-07-2019
When you look at our current food system, it's easy to see the broken links between the people who produce food and the corporate and governing bodies that control its production. Too often, this results in unjust wages for rural workers, lack of economic mobility, and overall poorer livelihoods. Nicaragua’s Association of Rural Workers—Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (ATC)—was founded in 1978.
12-07-2019
We are excited to continue our powerful Food Justice Voices series with Comedores Sociales: An Emerging Movement in Puerto Rico. Food Justice Voices is intended to amplify the voices and experiences of grassroots leaders that aren’t heard enough, while creating awareness and educating readers on various issues connected to hunger and poverty. In this latest issue Giovanni Roberto, a social
09-07-2019
Written by Elena Seeley In this part of our series on economic justice, we spoke to the Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA). Founded in 2009, FCWA is a coalition of worker-based organizations that span all stages of the food system from planting to retail. With thirty-three members, representing over 370,000 food workers in the U.S. and Canada, FCWA works
02-07-2019
Did you know that Cuba is one of the world’s great innovators in sustainable farming practices? The Cesar Escalante Credit & Services Cooperative in Boyeros, Cuba is one of 20 farming cooperatives in the region that’s working to develop and adapt agroecological farming practices to produce healthy food in a changing climate. Together, they’re feeding their
08-08-2019
Written by Elena Seeley In 1967, three years after President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists planned a Poor People’s Campaign in Washington D.C. Recognizing the ways that the fight for economic justice touches all races and geographic regions, they intended to bring folks together along socioeconomic lines by marching peacefully and
30-07-2019
“Food and farming are the essence of life. Food and farming can be used to have dominion over people, countries, over neighbors and communities or it can be used to liberate.” - Jesús Vázquez, Organización Boricuá, National Coordination Team This summer marks the 30th anniversary of Organización Boricuá de Agricultura Ecológica, a powerful collective of farmers,
25-07-2019
The USDA recently announced a proposed rule to place new restrictions on eligibility requirements for SNAP (formerly food stamps), which could result in more than 3 million Americans losing access to nutritious food. The Trump Administration seems determined to strip critical nutrition assistance benefits away from Americans living in poverty, even though similar attempts to limit access to SNAP have been explicitly
24-07-2019
Written by Adriana Mullin Image: Zainal Afrin Fuat, member of the International Coordination Committee of La via Campesina giving his opening remark at the launch of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming. “Long live Family Farmers!” Zainal Arifin Faut, a member of the International Coordination Committee of La Via Campesina, exclaimed, concluding his speech at a
23-07-2019
Hunger and climate change are two of the most pressing, interconnected issues of our time. It is impossible to discuss the effects of climate change without addressing the crisis’s grave impacts on our existing food systems, and the environmental degradation accelerated by our current agricultural methods. As a result, issues such as hunger, poverty, and economic instability
19-07-2019
Written by Elena Seeley As we explore organizations pursuing economic justice in the United States, we looked at the community-based work of Elijah’s Promise in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Now in its thirtieth year, what began as a soup kitchen has expanded into so much more, harnessing the power of food to end hunger and break the cycle of poverty.
15-07-2019
When you look at our current food system, it's easy to see the broken links between the people who produce food and the corporate and governing bodies that control its production. Too often, this results in unjust wages for rural workers, lack of economic mobility, and overall poorer livelihoods. Nicaragua’s Association of Rural Workers—Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo (ATC)—was founded in 1978.
12-07-2019
We are excited to continue our powerful Food Justice Voices series with Comedores Sociales: An Emerging Movement in Puerto Rico. Food Justice Voices is intended to amplify the voices and experiences of grassroots leaders that aren’t heard enough, while creating awareness and educating readers on various issues connected to hunger and poverty. In this latest issue Giovanni Roberto, a social
09-07-2019
Written by Elena Seeley In this part of our series on economic justice, we spoke to the Food Chain Workers Alliance (FCWA). Founded in 2009, FCWA is a coalition of worker-based organizations that span all stages of the food system from planting to retail. With thirty-three members, representing over 370,000 food workers in the U.S. and Canada, FCWA works
02-07-2019