Imagine politicians taking advantage of our ignorance of the facts to score points? Doesn’t take much to imagine does it? This time it is fear-mongering about China, Russia, Iran and North Korea buying up our farmland. This is called a red herring, a term from the early 1800s, which was most likely used first by… Read more »
February 16, 2023
Foreign countries buying up land?! It isn’t the ones you think
Imagine politicians taking advantage of our ignorance of the facts to score points? Doesn’t take much to imagine does it? This time it is fear-mongering about China, Russia, Iran and North Korea buying up our farmland. This is called a red herring, a term from the early 1800s, which was most likely used first by… Read more »
“Governments have few sources of leverage over increasingly globalized food systems – but public procurement is one of them. When sourcing food for schools, hospitals and public administrations, governments have a rare opportunity to support more nutritious diets and more sustainable food systems in one fell swoop.” – Olivier De Schutter, U.N. Special Rapporteur on… 
It’s time to begin raising our voices about the kind of food and agriculture we want for our towns, states and country — a food system that is equitable and sustainable! One that ensures the right to food for all and supports the workers and farmers who feed us! With that goal in mind, we’ve… 
By Andrew Kang Bartlett Article originally published on Oct. 26 by Presbyterians for Earth Care It would be hard to understate the importance of land. How we use it is an existential proposition for all forms of life from the tiny to the immense. And as Malcolm X said, “Land is the basis of all… 
The Presbyterian Hunger Program has been active in a transnational campaign that attempts to slow down the financialization of land – land grabbing – by universities and retirement companies, in particular TIAA, a retirement fund management firm that invests the retirement monies of teachers and nonprofits around the US. TIAA has become the largest purchaser… 
This article was written by Mark Winne, an author and long-time advocate for food justice, and a friend and colleague for many years. Mark gave us permission to post the article, originally published on Mark’s blog here. October 17, 2022 When did attending a conference about hungry Americans and the appalling state of our dietary… 
Rural Coalition Statement on USDA Implementation of Debt Payments for Underserved Farmers and Ranchers OCT 18, 2022 The United States Department of Agriculture today announced the phased implementation of the $3.1 billion in critical debt relief for distressed borrowers of direct or guaranteed loans whose agricultural operations are at financial risk enacted in August in… 
One hundred! That’s how many Hunger Action Congregations we are celebrating on World Food Day, October 16, 2022. Congregations around the nation are serving thousands of meals for people in their communities each week; growing food in community gardens and often donating from the abundance; offering shelter for many through their ministries with people experiencing… 
Join these Virtual Food Week Activities: Breaking the Imperialist Food Chains: Online Forum on the Global Food Crisis October 10, 2022, 9:00 a.m. (EDT) An online forum is organized to expose how the continued and intensified neoliberal offensive is taking place in our food systems amid the global food crisis; critique the recent efforts of… 
For about a billion people in the world, every day is a food crisis. This year, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and regional shortages spread the pain even wider. Here in the United States, food chain supply issues, inflation, and the end of COVID policies like the universal school meal program threaten food security….