The fine Anna Lappé has put together a splendid short film on the lies told by industrial agriculture lobbyists, and the ad agencies that love them.

Please share far and wide, and check out the resources at FoodMythBusters.

The top grossing film in the United States this weekend was Argo, an above average caper about how the CIA smuggled six embassy staff out of the country during the Iran hostage crisis.

Argo’s Agricultural Attaché (right)

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It’s not just pith-helmeted Europeans or slick North Americans headed off to buy up Africa. Brazil and Japan are in on the game too. But there’s always a fight back – this time from the UNAC peasant movement in Mozambique. Below the fold, you can read their views on this exciting development opportunity. Keep Reading »

Here’s a guest posting from the splendid Rupa of Rupa and the April Fishes. Their album, Build, is just out, and you might recognise the title track from the Generation Food trailer. Below, a video for “Weeds”, and a story of the video’s director. Keep Reading »

#EndChildhoodObesity with @ParentEarth http://t.co/5WLhX9zR

MT @ciw: BREAKING! @ChipotleTweets signs Fair Food Agreement w/Coalition of Immokalee Workers! http://t.co/Dj2SioTK #FairFoodNation

Myth: We can’t solve hunger. Fact: There is more than enough food to feed everyone. #foodsovprize winners show how http://t.co/9aAGqYkL

Toronto’s municipal war on free veggies for the poor http://t.co/20iBWGtK #Occupy

Macalester Food Symposium. More details to come.