Lucas Benitez representing the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
A short interview with CIW representative Lucas Benitez on working conditions, worker’s rights, health and wage issues and the Campaign for Fair Food.
GRACE Communications Foundation
community and economy
All is Fair (Trade) in Love and Chocolate
In which the GRACE team tastes and rates 11 brands of Fair Trade, Organic and Rainforest Certified chocolates. Buying Fair Trade and Rainforest Alliance Certified chocolates is an easy way to ensure that your purchasing power supports chocolate growers with sound human rights policies.
Where’s the Love, Hershey? On Chocolate and Labor
Ecocentric writer Chris Hunt, who doesn’t care much for chocolate, is an unlikely choice of authors for a Valentine’s Day chocolate post. He does, however, have one important qualification: he cares about preventing slave labor.
Our Hero: Dave Murphy of Food Democracy Now!
Dave Murphy, founder of Food Democracy Now and native Iowan, is up to his neck in ag issues. You can call it an obsession, but Dave knows the power of the sustainable agriculture movement--and he knows exactly how to harvest it.
Our Hero: Wenonah Hauter of Food & Water Watch
Wenonah Hauter talks about the environment, politics and what keeps her up at night. Find out what led to her becoming one of the most prominent environmental advocates/activists and what she's working on now.
University Land Grabs in Africa and Student Activism
Major American universities are practicing "land-grabbing" - buying up African farmland in deals that will likely result in displacement of small farmers, environmental devastation and the further impoverishment and political destabilization. Students and alumni: you have the power to change this.
Where's the Love Hershey? On Chocolate and Labor (Part II)
Maybe February should be "Child Labor Month." If you read Chris Hunt's blog post "Where's the Love, Hershey? On Chocolate and Labor," or if you're familiar with the atrocities that take place in cocoa fields in the Global South, then you will know that child labor is a reality in the chocolate industry today.
New Farmers
Although the average age of US farmers continues to rise, many young people are starting to pursue careers in sustainable agriculture.
Food Economics
The production, consumption, and distribution of food is closely tied to economic forces. Learn how subsidies, externalities, and agribusiness' market control affect what we eat.
Organic Agriculture
What does "organic" actually mean? Find information about the USDA's National Organic Program, including its benefits and shortcomings.
Public Health
From antibiotic resistance to arsenic contamination, learn how industrial agriculture threatens public health.
Workers
Farmworkers and other food sector employees have the critical responsibility of feeding our nation. Learn about the deplorable working conditions they often face.
Community and Economy
Factory farms make terrible neighbors. Learn how industrial agriculture affects surrounding communities and local economies.
New Economics Institute
The New Economics Institute is a U.S. organization that uniquely combines vision, theory, action, and communication to effect a transition to a new economy--an economy that gives priority to supporting human well-being and Earth’s natural systems. Formerly known as the E. F. Schumacher Society.
United Farm Workers
Founded in 1962 by Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers of America is the nation’s first successful and largest farm workers union currently active in 10 states. The UFW continues to organize in major agricultural industries across the nation.
Why Buy Sustainable?
Environment, personal health, public health, farms, animal welfare, community, workers... and taste! Eight great reasons to buy sustainable food.
