The AJWS community has a lot to say about what's happening in the world. Read our insights about the struggle for justice and human rights around the globe — and meet the activists on the frontlines of the fight to build a better world.
Check out “Hands That Feed,” a new film about Haiti’s food crisis and grassroots sustainable agriculture efforts [Civil Eats] Water wars are intensifying India-Pakistan relations [New York Times] The status of food aid in Chad [IRIN] The U.N. is worried about a lack of funds for Somalia [AlertNet] Unemployment and rising food prices are increasing hunger …
Originally posted on the Pursue blog. For months now, I’ve been getting emails from food sustainability organizations with subject lines like “Kiss Your Organics Goodbye!” and “48 Hours to Stop Monsanto’s GM Alfalfa!” They’re in reference to a genetically modified strain of alfalfa that is in testing for public use by the United States Department …
The relationship between farming, food and climate change is complicated, and it’s something we’ve written about before. Thanks to the Slow Food blog, I recently learned about a brand new online film called “The Food and Climate Connection: From Heating the Planet to Healing It,” released by WHY Hunger. From Slow Food: “How we farm …
When I think about international food aid, what comes to mind are the challenges of distribution—who’s getting what and how much of it? But then there are the hidden costs of shipping. A recent IRIN article discusses the results of a Cornell University study that revealed the alarming fact that U.S. taxpayers spend about $140 …
AJWS’s Josh Berkman tells Change.org that millions of hungry families are not a market opportunity [Change.org] Climate-related farmer suicides are surging in eastern Kenya [AlertNet] Villagers in South Africa are harvesting fog to deal with drought [AlertNet] In Mali, more aid is needed [IRIN] The cereal export ban is lifted in Ethiopia [IRIN] In a …
