On February 7, the White House cut aid to South Africa, citing a nonexistent threat to white farmers from government land expropriation.…
Russiaās invasion of Ukraine could lead to a āhurricane of hunger and a meltdown of the global food systemā that would be especially devastating for the Global South
More than 500 civil society groups boycotted the United Nations Food Systems Summit in New York for giving corporations an outsized role in framing the agenda
āWhen youāve got conflict, climate and capitalism compounded with COVID, you see a really apocalyptic situationā
A look at a new documentary on the climate crisis and the global food system, āThe Ants and the Grasshopper,ā by Raj Patel
Protesters have declared that they will remain either until Modi repeals his agricultural reforms or until he loses his 2024 reelection bid
Food insecurity in the U.S. has intensified after the expiration of federal assistance programs in the CARES Act, and the United Nations World Food Programme predicts acute hunger could affect 270 million people worldwide by the end of 2020 ā an 82% increase since the start of the coronavirus pandemic
Peasants, small-scale farmers and landless workers organised themselves and developed the idea that communities should have direct control over ending hunger where they live
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