Food First Book

read moreInformed by a vast network of activist-researchers, Food First's analysis and educational resources support communities and social movements fighting for food justice and food sovereignty around the world. Food First gives you the tools to understand our global food system, and to build your local food movement from the ground up. Roundup Facing Its Judges exploresthe devastating impact of Monsanto's glyphosate-based herbicides used around the world and the consequences of agribusiness' power over our global food system.

read moreFood First envisions a world in which all people have access to healthy, ecologically produced, and culturally appropriate food. After40 yearsof analysis of the global food system, we know that making this vision a reality involves more than technical solutions-it requirespolitical transformation. That's why Food First supports activists, social movements, alliances, and coalitions working for systemic change. Our work-includingaction-oriented research, publications, and projects-gives you the tools to understand the global food system, build your local food movement, and engage with the global movement for food sovereignty.

read moreThe call for food justice in North America has inspired one of the most promising social movements to come along in decades. The organizations and projects of this rapidly-growing movement range from urban farming and food policy councils to farmworker organizing and land access. All of these efforts strive to address the alarming levels of hunger, malnutrition, diet-related diseases and exploitation that disproportionately affect people of color, women and the poor in our food system. These problems are not simply "aberrations" or "market failures" that can be resolved through emergency food programs, more market information or a foreign guest worker program.