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This is the future of our food that Congress is talking about. Don’t let them do it in secret–we have to let them know we’re paying attention!!
Poem for May Day - James Connolly 1907
Some, faint-hearted, ever seek
Our programme to retouch,
And will insist, whene’er they speak
That we demand too much.
’Tis passing strange, yet I declare
Such statements give me mirth,
For our demands most moderate are:
We only want the earth.
Nominations are now open for the 2013 Food Sovereignty Prize!
In honoring those who are taking back their food systems, the Food Sovereignty Prize champions solutions coming from those most impacted by the injustices of the global food system. Spread the word and nominate an amazing organization today: Visit www.foodsovereigntyprize.org for more information.
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WhyHunger Chapin Awards Dinner invitations are hitting mailboxes across the country! Join us in celebrating legendary artist and activist Yoko Ono Lennon, Patrick Sullivan and RightsFlow by Google and the amazing grassroots winners of the Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Awards. For info, sponsorships and tickets, visit www.whyhunger.org/events. See you there!
Abigail Stauffer “We are Never Ever Eating Bad Together” Taylor Swift Remix (by RapForFoodJustice)
Now THIS is great!
Kim Wasserman One of Six Grassroots Heroes to Win $150,000 Goldman Environmental Prize
2013 recipients come from Colombia, Indonesia, Iraq, Italy, South Africa and USA
The Prize recognizes achievements in marshland restoration, solid waste management; fighting fracking, marble mining, and…
Congratulations to our friends at Little Village Environmental Justice Organization! They are also one of WhyHunger’s 2013 Harry Chapin Self-Reliance Award winners. Nice job, Kim!
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When it’s suggested that our food system be comprised of millions of small, organic gardens, there’s almost always someone who says that it isn’t realistic. And they’ll quip something along the lines of, “There’s no way you could feed the world’s growing population with just gardens, let alone organically.” Really? Has anybody told Russia this?
On a total of 8 million hectares (20 million acres) of land, 35 million Russian families grow food in small-scale, organic gardens on their Dachas (a secondary home, often in the extra urban areas). Because growing your own food happens to be a long-lived tradition in Russia, even among the wealthy.
Based on official 1999 statistics, 92% of Russia’s potatoes, 77% of its vegetables, 87% of its fruits, 59.4% of its meat, and 49.2% of its milk were produced by these 35 million Dacha families (105 million people, 71% of the country’s population).
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