The Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First analyzes the root causes of global hunger, poverty, and ecological degradation and develops solutions in partnership with movements working for social change.
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WalMart, pay the minimum wage. It's the law.
Stand With Daniel Lopez: Tell Walmart to Stop Abusing Warehouse Workers.
Why he and his fellow workers need your support
Davos: Taking Back Globalization
Analysis by Olivier De Schutter
New Europe Online - JANUARY 25, 2012
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos is normally little more than a toast to the benefits of increasing global GDP, trade and investment. But this year’s meeting came at an unusual time: global economic expansion no longer appears guaranteed, and the uneven benefits of past growth are sparking mass social unrest.
LabelGMOs.org - California campaign for labeling
If you live in California, learn how you can help gather signatures to allow us to vote on an initiative to label products containing genetically modified foods. For more information go to www.labelgmos.org
The Joe Show on KGMI-AM - an interview on Food Movements Unite! Strategies to transform our food systems
Radio interview with Eric Holt-Giménez, executive director of Food First and Rosalina Guillén, executive director of Community to Community
http://www.kgmi.com/play_window.php?audioType=Episode&audioId=5651774
Hunger is a Weapon of Mass Destruction
Hunger Is a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’, says Jean Ziegler
By Siv O'Neall. Axis of Logic
Axis of LOgic
Thursday, Jan 19, 2012
"Every five seconds, a child under 10 dies of hunger. – Thirty-five million people die each year from hunger or its immediate aftermath. – One billion people are permanently and severely malnourished and the situation is becoming increasingly catastrophic." (Jean Ziegler)
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- 01/06/2012 - 8:00am - 01/08/2012 - 5:00pm
- 01/10/2012 - 6:30pm
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