This (below) is an edited version of a presentation I made during a debriefing session for a farm conference at the Dubuque…
FOOD DAY CSPI 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005 Food Day is a great idea, (assuming you get the…
Here’s a quick rebuttal to materials I’ve recently found that spread myths and support corporate agribusiness (unknowingly), even as they argue strongly…
Neil Young's Open Letter to President Reagan It's time for Farm Aid 2011. The concert is in Kansas City, Kansas, Saturday August…
When John Maynard Keynes published his GENERAL THEORY OF EMPLOYMENT, INTEREST, AND MONEY in 1936 a reviewer remarked: “what is true is …
This is a response to āReading the World In a Loaf of Bread,ā by Christian Parenti, (https://znetwork.org/reading-the-world-in-a-loaf-of-bread-by-christian-parenti).Ā While I strongly agree with…
Bradās Disclaimer: The articles I criticize here were typically written by some of those few people who had the sense of decency,…
We farm and food activists in the US have a unique responsibility to advocate for solutions to the global food poverty crisis.…
The Africa Group at WTO has taken a stand for fair trade prices for farm products in the document "Modalities for Negotiations…
The Weak Strategy of Sustainble Food and Farming The US farm and food movement has made some strategic mistakes in recent years,…
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