Viacampesina.org: 2012 World Food Sovereignty Prize: La Via Campesina...
(Jakarta, October 5, 2012) The international farmers movement, La Via Campesina, congratulates its member organization, the Korean Women’s Peasant Association (KWPA), for being selected to receive...
View ArticlePress-Citizen.com: Food sovereignty, the real World Food prize
By George Naylor The World Food Prize was established by Norman Borlaug, an Iowa native considered to be the father of the Green Revolution, which centered on the laboratory breeding of cereal crops...
View ArticleCare2.com: Food Sovereignty – The Real Prize
By Bill Ayres George Naylor, Iowa farmer and former board president of the National Family Farm Coalition, guest blogs about the upcoming 2012‚ Food Sovereignty Prize. The World Food...
View ArticleFoodfirst.org: Hunger is Political: Food Sovereignty Prize Honors Social...
By Tanya Kerssen “Hunger is not a question of production, it’s a question of justice, democracy and political will,” said New York community food activist Karen Washington last Wednesday (Oct....
View ArticleCommondreams.org: Food Sovereignty Advocates Occupy the World Food Prize
by Jake Olzen The world’s leading agricultural and food policy experts are headed to Des Moines, Iowa, this week to celebrate the World Food Prize. The annual event heralds the achievements of...
View ArticleRolling Stone: Tom Morello at Anti-Poverty Event: ‘Hunger Is a Crime’
By Jon Blistein Armed with his trusty acoustic guitar, Tom Morello led a crowd-turned-chorus at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in New York City last night for the 2012 Food...
View ArticleThe Wall Street Journal: Honors in the Fight Against Hunger
By RAPHAEL ROSEN In a city known for fine dining, New Yorkers gathered on Wednesday night to honor grass-roots organizations helping the less fortunate find their next meal. For the first time in...
View ArticleWorld Food Prize Laureates Undermine Hunger Solutions
Honoring executives of biotechnology giants Monsanto and Syngenta with this year’s World Food Prize “sends precisely the wrong message about sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty,” the U.S. Food...
View ArticleThe True Deservers of a Food Prize
by Mark Bittman, The New York Times If Secretary of State John Kerry’s G.M.O.-boosting speech announcing the World Food Prize at the State Department last week is any indication of his ability to parse...
View ArticleMichael Pollan supports the Food Sovereignty Prize
“The Food Sovereignty Prize has emerged as an important alternative to the World Food Prize. Its recognition of people working to promote genuine and sustainable food security, rather than simple food...
View ArticleInternational Allies Challenge Corporate Control of the Food System and False...
Eighth Annual Food Sovereignty Prize Honors Grassroots Organizations Calling Big Ag’s Bluff SEATTLE, WA, August, 31 2016 – The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) is pleased to announce the honorees...
View Article5 Food Systems Lessons the US Can Learn from Africa
By Jennifer Lentfer, Civil Eats September 7,2016- A recipient of the 2016 Food Sovereignty Prize from Ethiopia shares his insights on food and farming in the U.S., threats to smallholder farmers in...
View ArticleAFSA announced as winner of the 2016 Food Sovereignty Prize award
Agricultures Network On August, 31 2016, the well-deserved eighth annual Food Sovereignty Prize was awarded to the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA). AFSA was selected as a winner for its...
View ArticleFood And Hunger: Which Prize Takes The Prize?
by Bill Ayres, Huffington Post September 16, 2016 Doctor Norman Borlaug the Father of the Green Revolution founded the World Food Prize in 1986 to promote the work of scientists and agricultural...
View ArticleThe Revolution is Community
Posted on September 22, 2016 by Naim Edwards The “world hunger” discussion – certainly in the media – focuses on the overdeveloped nations and wealthy individuals figuring out how to help and provide...
View ArticleResisting Land Grabs in Ghana: A Success Story
By Johanna Lundahl, AGRA Watch Intern (Originally posted on: https://agrawatch.wordpress.com/2016/09/20/resisting-land-grabs-in-ghana-a-success-story/) “When local leaders became aware of the mining...
View ArticleFood Sovereignty Prize Protest Ties Gates Foundation to World Food Prize
By Simone Adler, Community Alliance for Global Justice (Originally posted on: http://cagj.org/2016/10/food-sovereignty-prize-protest-ties-gates-foundation-to-world-food-prize/) SEATTLE, WA – Activists...
View Article2016 Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony to honor grassroots organizations...
SEATTLE, WA – The US Food Sovereignty Alliance (USFSA) is pleased to announce the honorees of the eighth annual Food Sovereignty Prize – the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) and the...
View ArticleFood Sovereignty Prize Winner: Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
By Johanna Lundahl, AGRA Watch Intern Originally posted (https://agrawatch.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/food-sovereignty-prize-winner-alliance-for-food-sovereignty-in-africa) The Alliance for Food...
View ArticleReport-back on 2016 Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony and Encounter: Our Seeds...
Originally Posted on October 19, 2016 by Simone Adler on cagj.org Full video of the Ceremony forthcoming! Representatives of groups across the US and Africa together for the Food Sovereignty...
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