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A worker at Walmart
Walmart's Fresh Food Makeover (Food Movement)

Can the retailer known for its poverty wages solve the problem of urban “food deserts”?

Bridget Huber
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A farmers' market in California
Farm Bill 101 (Food Movement)

As Congress gears up to reauthorize the farm bill next year, the stakes are high.

Daniel Imhoff
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Olivier De Schutter
Who Says Food Is a Human Right? (Food Movement)

Olivier De Schutter, the UN’s special rapporteur on the right to food, makes the case in this Q&A.

Anna Lappé
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Hugo Chavez
Venezuela's Radical Food Experiment (Food Movement)

Seeking “food sovereignty,” Hugo Chávez puts oil wealth toward a local, sustainable food system.

Paula Crossfield

Blogs

Fat-Shaming All Around Us
Chloe Angyal

There’s nothing healthy about shaming people for their bodies.

April 25, 2013
This Week in Poverty: How Obama Can Fight Hunger Now
Greg Kaufmann

There are 50 million Americans struggling with hunger—and with sequestration, things will get worse. 

February 22, 2013
Another Victory for Resistance: Restaurant Workers Win Settlement From Star Chef
Laura Flanders

Score another victory for resistance. After thirty-one workers sued his acclaimed restaurant Del Posto, celebrity chef Mario Batali has agreed to a $1.15 million settlement.

September 27, 2012
Occupy Monsanto
Peter Rothberg

Anti-GMO activists will stage a week of protests in St. Louis, home of the Monsanto Corporation, starting on the anniversary of OWS, September 17, 2012.

September 5, 2012
Occupy the Farm Highlights Issue of Food Sovereignty
Allison Kilkenny

Occupy the Farm, an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, occupied a farm in California to draw attention to the issue of food sovereignty.

May 10, 2012
Occupy Our Food
Peter Rothberg

Food Democracy Now represents a growing movement dedicated to building a sustainable food system.

December 28, 2011
Timeline: Milestones of the Food Movement
The Notion

Twelve major events in the evolution of the food movement.

September 17, 2011
Barbara Ehrenreich: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nation in the News

Jobs are not jobs unless workers can live off of their wages in a way that does not trap them in eternal poverty.

August 8, 2011
The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste)
The Notion

South Florida is a terrible place to grow tomatoes—or to work in the tomato fields.

July 27, 2011
'Deadly Cocktail' of War, Hunger and Climate Change in the Horn of Africa
Nation in the News

The United Nations has called an emergency meeting to discuss the devastating famine in the horn of Africa.

July 22, 2011