Food Systems

The Hunger Games and the Politics of Food

Fabio Parasecoli | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Hunger, Food Systems, Dystopia, Food Politics, Food, Popular Culture, HUnger Games, Film, Science Fiction, Culture News
Fabio Parasecoli

In a consumer society where alternative food networks and associations have been built on the premise that we can change the food system one meal at the time and that eating is an agricultural act, Katniss' adventures remind us that, after all, we are poachers in somebody else's territory.

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Women Farmers: Nourishing Body and Soil

Wendy Gordon | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Wal Mart, Michelle Obama, Farm Subsidies, Food Systems, Growing Green Awards, Women Farmers, USDA Census of Agriculture, Hfcs, Green News
Wendy Gordon

Women think on a whole systems level which is why I'm impressed though not surprised to learn that women are running more farms and ranches, operating more land and producing a greater value of agricultural products than they were five years ago.

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What's in a Name? The Power to Shift the Food System

Elizabeth McVay Greene | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Retailers, Transparency, Sustainability, Food, Consumers, Grocery, Farmers, Food Systems, Food Information, Food Suppliers, Food Labels, Food News
Elizabeth McVay Greene

If a stable food system is one in which farmers produce what consumers want, consumers know what they're getting, and consumers' decisions influence farmers' production plans, then full disclosure seems necessary.

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Raj Patel: Food Sovereignty (VIDEO)

Rebecca Gerendasy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Food-Sovereignty, Food Systems, Food Policy, The Value of Nothing, Justice, Haiti, Raj Patel, Green News
Rebecca Gerendasy

2010-02-17-raj.jpg The author of The Value of Nothing explains what food sovereignty means, and why it is as much a fight for social and economic justice as it is a fight to protect the environment.

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