I’ve been asked to summarize the key points of some of my work for people in the Food Movement who have a…

FARM WASHING ‘FREE’ TRADE There seems to be a lot of “farm washing” of the new ‘free’ trade agreements, the Trans Pacific…

We’re Missing the Biggest Part  (Subtitle, optional)  INTRODUCTION This was written on the occasion of a Post on the “GOAT” (4 coalitions…

A new article that has been circulating argues that “more than 90 percent of [the] U.S. could eat food grown or raised…

Quite a few progressive groups, along the lines of the Food Movement, have signed on to the recent Dietary Guidelines proposal. It’s…

Introduction This is a page by page review of “What Does it Mean to Do Food Justice?” by Kirsten Valentine Cadieux and…

GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES This is a response to part 2 of a 3 part series on Crop (revenue) Insurance in…

INTRODUCTION This is a response to part 1 of a 3 part series on Crop (revenue) Insurance in the Farm bill.  It…

Here’s the original article, to which this blog responds:  (Alan Guebert, “Insuring Elephants,”  Farm and Food File, 12/23/14,  http://farmandfoodfile.com/2014/12/23/insuring-elephants/). Crop (Revenue) Insurance…

Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador and Olivier De Schutter have been doing some integrative work on farm and food policy issues,…