Únase a la movilización popular contra la Cumbre de los Sistemas Alimentarios de la ONU [Español abajo] The US Food Sovereignty Alliance locks arms with food sovereignty movements around the world to oppose the flawed and destructive UN Food Systems Summit. We joined the counter-mobilization last month by contributing this video to the proceedings. Find […]
Corporations & Policies
Corporations, Policies
USFSA Statement in Defense of Agroecology and the Right to Food
Read and Download PDF Ambassador Kip Tom, On behalf of the U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), we write to express our firm opposition to the content of your speech, titled “Innovation Imperative,” delivered during the USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum in February of this year. Once again, we call on the U.S. government to immediately […]
Fighting for a Democratic Food System: From South to North
A democratic food system: That’s how Joan Brady defines food sovereignty in action. Joan is a food producer in southern Ontario and is a member of the National Farmers Union of Canada and North America regional coordinator of La Via Campesina, the international social movement organization that popularized the term food sovereignty. “Not only am […]
A Just Transition Calls for Indigenous Food Sovereignty
For the Black Mesa Water Coalition, food sovereignty is one part of a broader effort to transform Navajo and Hopi communities and their economies by drawing on traditional knowledge to build sustainable alternatives to fossil fuel dependence. “The just transition for us really came from the need to transition away from a fossil fuel-based economy, […]