Harvesting Justice: Transforming the Global Food Supply Chain â Food Sovereignty
Feb 19, 2013
From community gardens to just global policy, a national and global movement is growing to reclaim food, land, and agricultural systems from agribusiness and put them back in the hands of citizens.
"People are realizing
that we can't rely on the
industrial food system
much longer. The
awakening that's
happening is our greatest
opportunity," says New
Mexican farmer and
activist Miguel
Santistevan. This
awakening has sparked the
revival of local, ...
The world quietly reached
a milestone in the
evolution of the human
diet in 2011. For the
first time in modern
history, world farmed
fish production topped
beef production. The gap
widened in 2012, with
output from fish
farmingâ
;also ...
You care about the
environment, you shop at
farmers markets
regularly, and
youâve
even invested in low-flow
toilets for every
bathroom in your home.
There's more you can
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to get a little weird.
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