Farmworkers lead a PMA at the Pacific Northwest Social Forum and Students Occupy UC Berkeley to Protect Community Farms as part of the National Days of Action for Land and Food Sovereignty The USFSA’s National Days of Action continued with Community 2 Community leading a People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty at the Pacific Northwest […]
USFSA Launches National Days of Action in Defense of Land and the Commons
ACTION AS AN INDIVIDUAL: Sign this petition, put together by Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay. Then share it with your friends. Don’t forget: the deadline is this Friday, September 19, at midnight EST / 8:00 pm Alaska time ACTION AS AN ORGANIZATION: You can make a strong statement by submitting public comment on behalf of your organization or business. Go to […]
U.S. Farmworkers and Palestinian Farmers Share 2014 Food Sovereignty Prize
Honorees Represent Communities Defending Their Human Rights to Food in the Face of Policies of Land and Water Grabbing, Migration, and Militarization FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Des Moines, IA — The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) is honored to name the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) of Palestine, based in Gaza and the West Bank, […]
ROC-NY, ROC the Bay, and USFSA Members Food Chain Workers Alliance and Food First Call Out Hunger in the Restaurant Industry
Today, ROC-NY along with USFSA members Food Chain Workers Alliance and Food First released a new report, Food Insecurity of Restaurant Workers, a first comprehensive look at food security and employment conditions of workers in the restaurant industry. The report, based on over 280 surveys and interviews with restaurant workers in New York City and […]