Food and Agriculture

Zapatista Solution To Food Sovereignty, Decolonization & Equity

August 22, 2016 Levi Gahman, www.thesolutionsjournal.com Create! Decolonize, Equity, Food and Agriculture, Sovereignty, Zapatistas

By Levi Gahman for The Solutions Journal - One of the biggest threats to food security the world currently faces is neoliberalism. It’s logic, which has become status quo over the past 70 years and valorizes global ‘free market’ capitalism, is made manifest through economic policies that facilitate privatization, deregulation, and cuts to social spending, as well as a discourse that promotes competition, individualism, and self-commodification. Despite rarely being criticized, or even mentioned, by state officials and mainstream media, neoliberal programs and practices continue to give rise to unprecedented levels of poverty, hunger, and suffering.

Monsanto Backs Out Of Seed Plant In Argentina After Protests

August 15, 2016 Brandon Turbeville, www.naturalblaze.com Resist! Argentina, Food and Agriculture, Monsanto, Protests, Seeds

By Brandon Turbeville for Natural Blaze - In yet another victory against the multinational corporation Monsanto in Argentina, the company has now announced that it will dismantle its multi-million dollar GMO seed plant in Malvinas. Monsanto made the decision to give up on its seed plant after three years worth of protests from local citizens and GMO-free campaigners from all over Argentina. In 2014, activists forced to Monsanto to stop the construction of the plant by using coordinated protest techniques at the construction site.

Italy To Make Food Waste A Thing Of The Past

August 14, 2016 Natasha Geiling, www.thinkprogress.org Create! Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Zero waste

By Natasha Geiling for ThinkProgress. Italy, known for its amazing food, is facing a related problem — food waste. According to government estimates, the country currently wastes about five million tons of food every year. To combat the issue, the Italian government recently passed a new law aimed at making it easier for both retailers and consumers to prevent food waste. The law aims to cut food waste by 1 million tons each year. Proponents of the law argue it will make it easier for businesses to donate food, as the law relaxes regulations that have kept some restaurants, farmers and retailers from donating their leftover or unsold food. The law will clarify that food can still be donated even if it has passed its sell-by date, and allow farmers to donate unsold food to charities without having to pay extra. It also earmarks 1 million euros to be used by the Italian agricultural ministry to research ways of packaging food that prevent it from spoiling in transit.

Japan, South Korea Halt Wheat Imports Following Discovery

August 8, 2016 Staff, www.mintpressnews.com Resist! Food and Agriculture, Japan, Monsanto, South Korea

By Staff of MintPress News - MINNEAPOLIS — The discovery of unapproved GMO wheat in a Washington state farmers’ field could have serious consequences for U.S. exports of the staple crop. On July 29, the USDA published a statement from its Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS),confirming the discovery of “22 genetically engineered (GE) wheat plants growing in an unplanted agricultural field in Washington State.”

US Food Safety Campaigners Outraged Over GMO Label Law

August 7, 2016 Ryan Rifai, www.aljazeera.com Resist! Food and Agriculture, GMOs

By Ryan Rifai for Al Jazeera. Food safety organisations in the US have condemned a new law they say will allow food producers to obscure the labeling of genetically modified ingredients in their products, despite widespread health concerns over the effects of GMOs and the pesticides associated with them. Signed into law on Friday by President Barack Obama, the legislation permits manufacturers to inform consumers of GMO content through the use of Quick Response or QR codes, which require a device - such as a smartphone - to read. The law was passed despite opposition from environmental and food safety groups, as well as national polls which show that some 90 percent of Americans surveyed favoured clear labeling. The Organic Consumers Association, which has long lobbied for clear GMO labeling, has created an app that lists companies it says people should avoid due to their support for the new legislation. The app, titled Buycott, also lists companies that were in favour of clear GMO labelling.

Biodiversity Below Safe Levels Across More Than Half Of World

July 24, 2016 Adam Vaughn, www.theguardian.com Educate! Animals, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability

By Adam Vaughn for The Guardian. The variety of animals and plants has fallen to dangerous levels across more than half of the world’s landmass due to humanity destroying habitats to use as farmland, scientists have estimated. The unchecked loss of biodiversity is akin to playing ecological roulette and will set back efforts to bring people out of poverty in the long term, they warned. Analysing 1.8m records from 39,123 sites across Earth, the international study found that a measure of the intactness of biodiversity at sites has fallen below a safety limit across 58.1% of the world’s land. Under a proposal put forward by experts last year, a site losing more than 10% of its biodiversity is considered to have passed a precautionary threshold, beyond which the ecosystem’s ability to function could be compromised.

Grow Shade-Loving Vegetables And Fruits

July 21, 2016 Rebecca Martin, www.motherearthnews.com Create! Food and Agriculture

By Rebecca Martin for Mother Earth News - While shade presents a challenge, it needn’t stop you from growing your own fruit and vegetables. In this video we’ll suggest what you can grow in shade and share a few tricks of the trade to maximize the light your garden does receive. Unless your climate is very hot, you should use the sunniest areas of the garden to start seeds, and then transplant them once they are bigger and better able to cope with shade. Use grow lights indoors to give early-sown seedlings a boost.

Seeds Community Café Reduces Food Waste, Feeds Hungry

July 16, 2016 Christina Sarich, www.naturalsociety.com Create! Food and Agriculture

By Christina Sarich for Natural Society - Seeds Community Café founder Lyn Harwell says that after working in the food and hospitality industries, he became overwhelmed by the amount of help needed from individuals, as well as the number of those who were actually food insecure. He was also shocked at how much food was wasted in the hospitality industry. He merged the two and came up with the idea for Seeds. About 1 in 6 people in America are defined as ‘food insecure,’ which means that they don’t know where their next meal will come from.

Special Report: Hunger In Venezuela? A Look Beyond The Spin

July 15, 2016 Christina Schiavoni and William Camacaro, www.foodfirst.org Educate! Food and Agriculture, Venezuela

By Christina Schiavoni and William Camacaro for Food First - You may have seen the headlines about Venezuela – headlines that allude to food scarcity, rioting, people eating stray animals to survive, and a country on the brink of starvation. These stories are not only alarming, but perplexing, too. Is this the same country that was recognized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as recently as 2015 for having nearly eradicated hunger?

Ohio Jury Says DuPont Acted With Malice By Poisoning People With C8

July 9, 2016 Staff, www.trofire.com Resist! Corporations, Food and Agriculture, Ohio

By Staff of TRO Fire - Earlier this week, the jury in Columbus Ohio rewarded a plaintiff 5.1 million dollars in a lawsuit against DuPont because the company had been releasing a chemical know as C8 into the Ohio river. Those affected by it, over 3500 different lawsuits, had developed certain types of cancers. In this particular case, the plaintiff had developed testicular cancer that was directly linked to DuPont’s C8 chemical. Mike Papantonio from Ring of Fire is the one who tried this case, along with an attorney named Gary Douglas, and a few other attorneys from Mike Papantonio’s law firm.

Sakuma Agrees To Negotiate A Contract With Farm Workers

July 9, 2016 Whatcom-Skagit General Membership Branch, IWW, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Farm Workers, Food and Agriculture, Wages, Worker Rights

By Whatcom-Skagit General Membership Branch, IWW. Four Years Struggle Three Years Boycott, Sakuma Finally Ready to Negotiate- FUJ Response to Sakuma Press Statement on MOU Burlington, WA - We at Familias Unidas Por la Justica (FUJ) are certainly encouraged that Sakuma Berry Farms has relented to the pressure of the ‪#‎BoycottDriscolls‬ campaign and the workers voices in the fields to finally agree to begin negotiations. We want to make three things very clear: 1. Sakuma Brothers Farms approached us at FUJ indirectly to begin the process. 2. We have agreed to meet on a date proposed by them. 3. They asked for confidentiality about this prior to our meeting with them.

Senate Food Fight Erupts Over Sham GMO Labeling Bill

June 30, 2016 Lauren McCauley, www.commondreams.org Resist! Bernie Sanders, Food and Agriculture, GMOs, Labeling

By Lauren McCauley for Common Dreams - The pending "compromise" GMO labeling bill has food safety and consumer advocates both in and out of government scrambling to block the legislation, which they warn will destroy popular efforts to label products made with genetically modified (GMO) ingredients. Sen. Bernie Sanders has vowed to put a hold on the legislation, which would prevent it from coming up for debate unless proponents can muster 60 votes.

China Aims To Halve Meat Eating

June 28, 2016 Alex Kirby, www.climatenewsnetwork.net Create! China, Food and Agriculture

By Alex Kirby for Climate News Network - The Chinese government has issued guidelines to help wean its citizens onto a more vegetarian diet − offering huge potential health gains and cuts in greenhouse gases. LONDON, 26 June, 2016 – In a bold challenge to individual appetites and societal norms, China says it wants to reduce its citizens’ consumption of meat by 50%. The country consumes 28% of the world’s meat, including half of its pork, although its per capita consumption is much less than in at least 14 other countries. The average American or Australian eats twice as much meat as the typical Chinese citizen.

Bike-Powered Local Food Movement Is Heading To Town Near You

June 27, 2016 Sarah McColl, www.takepart.com Create! Food and Agriculture, Orlando

By Sarah McColl for Take Part - Without the pack of bicycles swarming the streets of Orlando, Florida, Fleet Farming would be a garden-variety horticultural club. “The bicycle has made Fleet Farming what it is—a bunch of somethings going somewhere,” said program manager Michele Bumbier. In this case, the somethings are a few employees and a swarm of community volunteers, and the somewhere is a series of “farmlettes”—front lawns that have been transformed into small plots of high-yield crops. With all farmlettes within a two-mile radius, it’s local food on a micro scale.

The Edible “U” Campus Gardens

June 26, 2016 Sarah Lappe, www.utahstories.com Create! Education, Food and Agriculture, Sustainability

By Sarah Lappe for Utah Stories. Salt Lake City, UT - Just beyond of the University of Utah’s President’s Circle, tucked between buildings and walkways, you will find one of the Edible Campus Gardens. This beautiful garden has long brown garden beds speckled with a variety of young, green plants. As you walk between the beds, you will find kale, onions, garlic, and tomatoes, and for a moment you forget you are on an urban campus. There are two garden locations on campus. The first and oldest garden is located at the Sill Center for undergraduate research, which was started in 1996 by Professor Fred Montague, who is also known for his handwritten and drawn book entitled, Gardening: An Ecological Approach. The second and larger garden site is located just east of Pioneer Memorial Theatre and was established in 2002.

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