Black Lives Matter in the Food System

BY THE CIVIL EATS EDITORS Coronavirus, FARMING, FOOD + POLICY, Food Justice Posted on: July 20, 2020  |  Leave a Comment During the first half of 2020, the disproportionate spread

Farming as the Climate Changes: Soul Fire Farm, Petersburg, New York

Originally published by Sustainable Food Trust. The world is facing a climate crisis and the changes this brings is dramatically impacting farmers across the world. As temperatures rise and rainfall

What is the 2021 UN Food Summit Really About?

As many of you know, the UN is planning a 2021 global “Food Summit.” We don’t know right now if the Summit will be in person, as originally planned, with

Black Commons, Community Land Trusts, and Reparations

By David Bollier. Originally published on David Bollier’s website. African Americans have long been victimized by the theft of their land, labor, and the ability to buy land as they

An Open Letter from BIPOC Leaders in Food & Agriculture to Food Systems Funders

Originally published on Medium.com July 10, 2020 Dear Food Systems Funders, We write to you as Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) leaders in food and agriculture who

A Guide to Transformative Land Strategies: Lessons from the Field

From the MIT CoLAB The report synthesizes the practices and strategies of transformative community land organizations under three primary themes: participatory comprehensive planning, partnerships across grassroots and mainstream organizations, and

A People’s Orientation to a Regenerative Economy

Originally published via the newsletter of the Indigenous Environmental Network Relatives, Since occupation and colonization of the Indigenous lands and territories of North America (Turtle Island), American Indian and Alaska

Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Statement on White House Executive Order to Expand Factory Fish Farms and Deregulate the Fishing Industry

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8, 2020 Policy contact: ​Rosanna Marie Neil, NAMA Policy Counsel, ​rosanna@namanet.org Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance Statement on White House Executive Order to Expand Factory Fish Farms

Food sovereignty to include New England fisheries

Originally published on Seacoast Online. By David Goethel Posted Oct 31, 2019 at 11:43 AMUpdated Oct 31, 2019 at 12:07 PM According to a study released in 2012 by the
Bison were hunted to extinction to eliminate a crucial food source for Native plains peoples

On Indigenous People’s Day, a Look at the Movement to Revive Native Foodways and How Western Science Might Support—For a Change

Editor’s Note: This post by Ricardo Salvador, Director, Food & Environment Program of Union of Concerned Scientists was originally published on October 8, 2018 on the UCS website. Do you