Winners of the 5th Annual Food Sovereignty Prize—an alternative to the World Food Prize—announced today, Aug. 13, 2013, by the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA).

This year’s Honorees are producing sustainable anti-hunger solutions around the world and stand in sharp contrast to this year’s World Food Prize winners, Monsanto and Syngenta. Food Sovereignty Prize winners are grassroots initiatives that are building solutions to poverty and hunger, and resisting the corporate control of food and trade systems.

Winner:
Group of 4, Dessalines Brigade/Via Campesina, Haiti & South America

Honorable Mentions:
Basque Country Peasants’ Solidarity (EHNE), Basque Country
Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP), Mali
Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective (TNWC), India

Meet the winners

The US Food Sovereignty Alliance will honor these four inspiring groups at the Fifth Annual Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony on Oct 15, 2013, in NYC. Shirley Sherrod, former USDA regional director and long-time advocate for family farmers, will give the keynote address. Register by clicking here or on the graphic below!

Visit http://foodsovereigntyprize.org/ for updates and background.