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September 14, 2011
Walmart’s Fresh Food Makeover
Can the retailer known for its poverty wages solve the problem of urban “food deserts”?
Bridget Huber
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September 14, 2011
Farm Bill 101
As Congress gears up to reauthorize the farm bill next year, the stakes are high.
Daniel Imhoff
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September 14, 2011
Who Says Food Is a Human Right?
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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September 14, 2011
Venezuela’s Radical Food Experiment
Seeking “food sovereignty,” Hugo Chávez puts oil wealth toward a local, sustainable food system.
Paula Crossfield
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August 8, 2011
Barbara Ehrenreich: On (Not) Getting By in America
Jobs are not jobs unless workers can live off of their wages in a way that does not trap them in eternal poverty.
Press Room
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July 27, 2011
The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste)
South Florida is a terrible place to grow tomatoes—or to work in the tomato fields.
Jon Wiener
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July 22, 2011
‘Deadly Cocktail’ of War, Hunger and Climate Change in the Horn of Africa
The United Nations has called an emergency meeting to discuss the devastating famine in the horn of Africa.
Press Room
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June 27, 2011
Food Not Bombs Members Arrested for Feeding the Hungry
More than twenty anti-hunger activists in Orlando, Florida have been arrested for providing meals for the working poor.
Kevin S. Donohoe
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May 19, 2011
On Food Stamps, Gingrich Hasn’t a Clue
SNAP—the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—is one of the strongest threads in our increasingly tattered safety net. But Gingrich started taking whacks at the program in 1995, and now his House Republican descendants are doing the same.
Katrina vanden Heuvel