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Ireland: Breaking New Ground For The Local Food Movement
18+ hour, 49+ min ago (1075+ words) This year especially it has broken new ground " digging into Ireland's difficult colonial past and building bridges to a more resilient future by consolidating ties with unlikely partners and anchor institutions. To give us a taste of where the movement…...
Expanding Food Security And Protecting Cherokee Elders
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (431+ words) As Cherokee Nation citizens, we draw strength from those who came before us. Our elders are the foundation of our communities, the keepers of our history, and the heart of our families. As we gathered recently for the annual Cherokee…...
How To Feed The World And Save The Planet
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1111+ words) Better production ultimately means " protecting soils instead of depleting them, it means using water more wisely, it means bringing back diversity and local solutions." Beth Bechdol,Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Deputy Director-General, on theFAO's World…...
Labor Department: Immigration Raids Are Causing A Food Crisis
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (563+ words) Due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers. Only one of two things can be true: Either Trump's Labor Department actually believes that Trump's immigration enforcement is destroying the agricultural sector and threatening food security, or they are pretending this…...
EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (1706+ words) Farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers continue to claim millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies, DeSmog can reveal. A major new investigation traced dozens of EU payments to farms that have breached, are under investigation for, or have already been convicted…...
A Vision Of A Post-Capitalist Eco-Localism That Works
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (600+ words) What might the world look like if climate change is not stopped? What if societies refuse to, or cannot rein in capitalism and its relentless growth and exploitation of nature?Chris Smaje, a writer and farmer in southwest England, offers…...
Community Pledges To Pursue Remediation Of Red Hill Contamination
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (319+ words) Honolulu, Hawai'i - In a moment of reflection and commitment, community organizations, government leaders, and water protectors from all walks of life today launched a "Pledge to Our Wai, Pledge to Our Keiki," in response to the ongoing contamination of O'ahu's…...
Rural Europe Takes Action: Food System Lessons From Marburg
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (615+ words) Above image: From left: Hannes Lorenzen (ARC2020); Ann-Marie Weber, Almut Busch and Merle Drusenbaum (kollektiv von MORGEN); and Marcus N'rnberger (AbL), pictured in a farmyard in southern Marburg-Biedenkopf in May 2023. ARC2020. This was the aim of the Rural Europe Takes Action " Germany…...
ICE Carries Out Second Raid On New York Farm As Workers Push To Unionize
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (255+ words) Sparking outrage from the United Farm Workers. Agents with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out another raid at Lynn-Ette & Sons Farms in western New York on August 14, detaining seven farmworkers on their way to work. The raid…...
Farmworkers Continue To Organize In Face Of Chilling ICE Raids
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (443+ words) Imagine you're a farmworker in 2025. You make the food on tables across the United States possible. Five years ago because of the pandemic, people even began acknowledging the essential work you do. It felt good for a second, even hopeful,…...