The U.S. Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) has released a new publication based on participatory research conducted by Grassroots International intern Alison Kaika, with editing support from Sara Mersha (Grassroots International), Saulo Araujo (WhyHunger), and Stephen Bartlett (Sustainable Agriculture of Louisville). The document synthesizes data collected through interviews with fifteen members involved in the Alliance since […]
USFSA organizing its IV National Assembly
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, […]
Saad Dagher Talks Agroecology
By Paul Molyneaux, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance. Paul is one of the USFSA regional coordinators for the Northeast Region. The term “agroecology” grew out of early 20th Century iterations like Girolamo Aziz’s “agriculture ecology” (1956), which were used to describe a more holistic approach to farming that utilized the best of the old an […]
USFSA organizes three Regional Assemblies
The US Food Sovereignty Alliance is organizing four regional assemblies in preparation to its IV National Assembly that will be held in Bellingham, WA from October 12-15. To Pre-register for the National Assembly, click here. The dates for the regional assemblies are: Southeast Region: April 8th Northeast Region: August 9th-10th Mid-West Region: August 24th thru […]