On May 8th and 9th, 2024, the North American Nyéléni Coordination Committee hosted two virtual consultation sessions as part of the global Nyéléni process. Overall a success, with broad participation, together the sessions brought together approximately 125 participants from the United States, Canada, and sovereign indigenous nations of North America/Turtle Island to provide regional perspectives […]
Join the Virtual 2023 Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony on Dec. 14!
Join the virtual 2023 Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony on Thursday, December 14 at 3:30pm (PST), 4:30pm (MST), 5:30pm (CST), 6:30pm (EST and Haiti time)
US Food Sovereignty Alliance Demands Democratic Food Systems that are Based on Human Rights and the Principles of Food Sovereignty
The small-scale food producers and their allies in the US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) – family farmers, rural workers, fishermen, peasants, farmworkers, and food justice advocates – call for a democratic transformation of our food systems based on human rights and social, ecological, economic, and cultural justice principles of Food Sovereignty. We make our demand […]
15th Annual Food Sovereignty Prize Honors the Black Dirt Farm Collective and Haiti’s Mouvman Peyizan Papay (MPP)
Contact:Christina SchiavoniGrassroots Internationalcms@grassrootsonline.org 617-690-4079 WASHINGTON, DC, October 10, 2023 — In advance of the annual celebration of World Food Day by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the US Food Sovereignty Alliance has awarded the annual Food Sovereignty Prize to two outstanding organizations, the Black Dirt Farm Collective, located in Maryland, and Mouvman Peyizan Papay […]