Tag: Food and Agriculture

Articles tagged with food-and-agriculture

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Alice Crary Lori Gruen

The Animal Crisis Is a Human Crisis

The systems that harm animals go hand in hand with systems that harm humans. Combating them requires inter-species solidarity.

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Raj Patel

Our Global Food System Was Already in Crisis. Russia’s War Will Make It Worse

The Global South will suffer the most as colonial legacies, climate change, and capitalism continue to plunge millions into hunger.

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Max Haiven

Far from Ukraine, Putin’s War Worsens Palm Oil Crisis

With the invasion causing a global shortage of sunflower oil, palm oil is back on the rise. But the commodity’s bloody history is instructive of how global capitalism can and can’t be fixed.

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Nate File

Detroiters Are Not Waiting to Be Saved

Inspired by the work of James and Grace Lee Boggs, many young Detroit activists are turning to forms of mutual aid to meet the needs of their communities.

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Rosie Gillies

Food for Thought

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John R. Bowen

What Does Europe Have Against Halal?

Food is becoming a target for anti-Islam politics.

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Raj Patel

Why Aren’t We Talking about Farmers in India?

They are fighting in a global war over the future of agriculture. Modi is chocking the debate.

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Troy Vettese

Pigs and Capital

In a world unraveled by COVID-19, the brutality of factory farming demands we rethink our relationship to animals.

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Troy Vettese

Global Warming, Market Opportunity

On the lure of climate entrepreneurism.

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Jack Heinemann

The Seed Vault Flooding Is Only the Start of Our Problems

Biodiversity should be maintained by using it, not by storing it under ice.

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