How Change Is Going to Come in the Food System How Change Is Going to Come in the Food System
As the food movement has discovered, winning over the media, or even the president, is not enough.
Sep 14, 2011 / Feature / Michael Pollan
The Production Conundrum The Production Conundrum
As Zambia’s experience shows, solving hunger is not just about growing more food.
Sep 14, 2011 / Feature / Samuel Fromartz
Walmart’s Fresh Food Makeover Walmart’s Fresh Food Makeover
Can the retailer known for its poverty wages solve the problem of urban “food deserts”?
Sep 14, 2011 / Feature / Bridget Huber
Farm Bill 101 Farm Bill 101
As Congress gears up to reauthorize the farm bill next year, the stakes are high.
Sep 14, 2011 / Feature / Daniel Imhoff
Who Says Food Is a Human Right? 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.
Sep 14, 2011 / Feature / Anna Lappé
Venezuela’s Radical Food Experiment Venezuela’s Radical Food Experiment
Seeking “food sovereignty,” Hugo Chávez puts oil wealth toward a local, sustainable food system.
Sep 14, 2011 / Feature / Paula Crossfield
Barbara Ehrenreich: On (Not) Getting By in America 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.
Aug 8, 2011 / Press Room
The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste) 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.
Jul 27, 2011 / Jon Wiener
‘Deadly Cocktail’ of War, Hunger and Climate Change in the Horn of Africa ‘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.
Jul 22, 2011 / Press Room
Food Not Bombs Members Arrested for Feeding the Hungry 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.
Jun 27, 2011 / Kevin S. Donohoe