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 […]
Land & Resource Grabs
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, […]
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Food Crisis From Food Rebellions to Food Sovereignty: Urgent call to fix a broken food system By Eric Holt-Giménez, Ph.D., Social Scientist and Executive Director of Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy. The real causes of the 2008 and 2011 food price crises were numerous, but the fact that our global agricultural system is […]
2018 USFSA Bellingham Declaration
The IV National Assembly of the US Food Sovereignty Alliance was held in Bellingham, Washington, and the following declaration and statement of solidarity was created. The Food Sovereignty Prize ceremony also took place during the Assembly. The press release can be found below. The Bellingham Declaration US Food Sovereignty Alliance October 2018 PDF of Bellingham […]