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Food Systems

Weighing In: Assessing the Heaviness of Obesity

Fabio Parasecoli | Posted 06.11.2013 | Books
Read More: Book Reviews, Food System, Food Justice, Environmental Health, Obesity, Weighing in Book Reviews, Food Systems, Obesity Epidemic, Julie Guthman Weighing In, Julie Guthman Book Review, Weighing in Book Review, Books News
Fabio Parasecoli

Julie Guthman's position is clear: She does not deny that many American citizens are getting bigger, but wants to tease out the factors behind obesity that for political, economic and cultural reasons are often underestimated or outright ignored.

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TAFTA (Part 2): Citizens of the Food Movement, Be Prepared!

Elizabeth Kucinich | Posted 06.04.2013 | Politics
Read More: Ecological Issues, Tafta, Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement, Food, Wto, European Food Safety Authority, Food Labeling, Environment, Politics News, Precautionary Principle, Free Trade, Ttip, Labeling, Farming, Health and Safety, Nafta, Gmos, Food Systems, Careers, Trade, Country of Origin, European Union, United States, GMO Labeling, Toxic Chemicals, Food System, Consumer Protection, GE Crops, Food Safety, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Food Security, Economy, Politics News
Elizabeth Kucinich

Given that around 26 states in the U.S. have moved to enact more comprehensive labeling requirements for GMOs, any trade measures that could threaten the rights of U.S. citizens to democratically determine higher standards in food labeling, should be opposed.

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Ending Malnutrition

Jose Graziano da Silva | Posted 06.04.2013 | World
Read More: Women, Food Systems, Millennium Development Goals, Nutrition, Agriculture, Malnutrition, Sustainable Agriculture, Child Nutrition, Food Waste and Losses, Hunger, Zero Hunger Challenge, Food Security, World Hunger, Global Hunger, Child Hunger, World News
Jose Graziano da Silva

Food security and nutrition are now at the very top of the international sustainable development agenda. We must be bold and take the step of committing to the total eradication of hunger and malnutrition.

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MSU, City Join Forces To Make Detroit A World Leader In Urban Agriculture

The Huffington Post | David Sands | Posted 06.27.2012 | Detroit
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Michigan State University will be putting millions of dollars into a partnership with the city of Detroit to make it a world leader in urban agricultu...

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The Hunger Games and the Politics of Food

Fabio Parasecoli | Posted 05.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Hunger, Food Systems, Dystopia, Food Politics, Food, Popular Culture, HUnger Games, Film, Science Fiction, Home 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 | Green
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 | Home
Read More: Retailers, Transparency, Sustainability, Food, Consumers, Grocery, Farmers, Food Systems, Food Information, Food Suppliers, Food Labels, Home 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 | Green
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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