News
January 31, 2011
This is not Egypt's first time at the revolution rodeo, and previous outbursts were precipitated by the cost of bread. Global food prices are spiking right now, and Egypt, as the world's largest wheat importer, is reliant on climate-tossed... Read more
News
January 19, 2011
According to classical economic dogma, demand for hot-weather-requiring products like fancy tea in wealthy, northern areas like the United States should benefit everyone. U.S. consumers get a rarefied product they'd otherwise not have access to;... Read more
News
January 12, 2011
Global grain demand keeps rising, pushed up by population growth and the switch to more meat-heavy diets; but grain production can only rise so much, constrained by limited water and other resources. So, a food crisis is inevitable. Read more
News
December 23, 2010
One of CAGJ's newest projects, AGRA Watch, co-chaired by Choquette, is running up against the neoliberal panacea of globalization run amuck; corporations and compliant governments pushing to disengage local solutions to local problems; and... Read more
News
December 8, 2010
A coalition of groups led by Seattle-based activists has sent a letter and online petition to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, saying its current approach to agriculture in Africa is unlikely to solve problems of hunger, poverty and climate... Read more
News
Many of us organic farmers share an aversion to government interference in our affairs. Although there has been some minor improvement lately, government ag programs and the Land Grants have not done much for organic agriculture. Few politicians... Read more
Press Release
December 9, 2010
As we file this article, Port-au-Prince is thick with the smoke of burning tires and with gunfire. Towns throughout the country, along with the national airport, are shut down due to demonstrations. Read more
News
December 3, 2010
I try to stay at the cutting edge of developments in global food politics. But try as I might, I always find myself about five years behind ETC Group, a kind of activist think-tank that promotes the rights of small-scale farmers worldwide against... Read more
News
December 6, 2010
Over the last year, in towns around the country, thousands of farmers, ranchers, and concerned citizens have packed auditoriums to overflow capacity”“not for a rock concert or even a farm auction, but for the leaders of the Department of Justice ... Read more
News
December 6, 2010
One idea dominated the opening and first working day of the global forum "For Life, Environmental and Social Justice", organized by La Via Campesina and its allies at their camp in Cancún: we must foil the carbon markets and the REDD programme... Read more
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