Our food is being used as a weapon, and we are living in a political moment that demands coordinated action. Currently, we are seeing how political borders are being used to attack workers and families. Whether it’s the more than 500,000 people who were cut from the food stamp program over the last 3 years, […]
World Food Day and the Day of Action is October 16, which takes place during the Food Week of Action, October 9-17. People and groups across the U.S. and worldwide are taking back their food systems – fighting for their land and waterways, reclaiming vacant lots, teaching others how to grow food, and developing local […]
March 9, 2016 Contacts: Saulo Araujo, WhyHunger – (617) 735-5899 Stephen Bartlett, Agricultural Missions – (502) 415-1080 Lisa Griffith, National Family Farm Coalition – (773) 319-5838 Carol Schachet, Grassroots International – (617) 524-1400 or (617) 628-3455 On Thursday, March 3rd, at 1 am CST, Berta Cáceres, a Lenca Indigenous woman and an internationally recognized leader, was […]
Organizations across the US mobilize against privatizing land and water, work for democratic control of our food system PLYMOUTH, MA – The United States Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA), an alliance of 37 organizations working for the right to food for all communities, is coordinating the Month of Community Power to Reclaim the Commons this October, […]