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Food Security
The World Bank and the IMF Open Up Ukraine to Western Interests
Walking on the West Side exposes how the international financial institutions serve the interests of agribusiness corporations through deregulation of the food and agriculture sectors and policies favoring foreign …
Joel Berg: How Hungry Is America?
Joel Berg, executive director of the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, speaks to GRITtv about hunger in the United States, food deserts in the Bronx and new community-based …
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Dahr Jamail | Salvadoran Farmers Successfully Oppose the Use of Monsanto Seeds
Farmers across El Salvador united to block a stipulation in a US aid package to their country that would have indirectly required the purchase of Monsanto genetically modified seeds.
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The Poisoners and Their Accomplices
“Poison Spring: The Secret History of Pollution and the EPA” takes up where Rachel Carson left off - and the news is not good.
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Dahr Jamail | Farming for the Future
On the outskirts of Houston, Texas, a small farm that runs a community-supported agriculture operation and offers educational programs, is preparing people for the intensifying impacts of anthropogenic climate …
The Transformative Potential of the Right to Food
Stepping away from Big Agriculture will alleviate world hunger and poverty and reduce carbon emissions simultaneously, according to a new UN report.
From Growing Profit to Growing Food: Challenging Corporate Rule
Part 8 of the Harvesting Justice series.
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Spotlight G-20: Mexico’s Surreal Leadership on Food Security
Whatu2019s surreal is listening to Mexicou2019s Agriculture Minister, Francisco Mayorga, speaking last Wednesday to an international conference on u201cNew Paradigms for Agriculture,u201d describe without a hint of irony or …
Is USDA Playing Chicken With Chickens?
Obama Admin. and Congress push USDA to allow poultry industry to “self-inspect.”