Category: permaculture
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// big ag on twitter
Today on FoodFirst.org, my close reading of Big Six agribusiness social media strategy: Big Ag’s Fight for Twitter Credibility There are common interests across corporate enterprises, so it makes sense that agribusiness, tobacco, and oil companies are linked to some of the same PR firms, lobbyist “think tanks,” and other front organizations. How can…
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// october food activism
October holds multiple events important to those pushing for equitable access to food. Last week included World Food Day and the award of the Food Sovereignty Prize. Yesterday marked the first time that Feeding the 5,000 held an event in the U.S.—just a few blocks from my home in Oakland—after much successful organizing against…
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// people’s climate march & the green arcade
Food Sovereignty & Climate Justice In anticipation of the People’s Climate March in New York City on 9/21, I wrote a piece with Eric Holt-Giménez for HuffPo on the intersections between food and climate movements. If you’re a West Coaster interested in participating in actions around the UN Climate Summit, there will also be a…
