Food security

Challenges for Food Sovereignty

Article in the Fletcher Forum of World Affairs reviews the challenges countries face in achieving food sovereignty.

Ethanol and Land Use Changes

A respsone to the February 7, 2008 Science studies that examined the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact of land use changes caused by the growing demand for biofuels. Dr. Morris chalenges many of their assumptions and uses their own numbers to demonstrate that as of 2007 ethanhol was reducing GHG.

Food & Society Policy Fellowship Announces 2009 Class

The Food & Society Policy Fellows program named nine new Fellows with backgrounds in farming, public health, film making and policy research to promote strategies for achieving a more sustainable, healthy and equitable food system.

Food, feed or fuel: a measured policy on agricultural

Food Versus Fuel in the United States: Can Both Win in the Era of Ethanol

Report explores issues around the effect of U.S. ethanol production and its impact on the world's hungry.

Food and Agricultural Imports from China

U.S. food and agricultural imports have increased significantly in recent years, causing some in Congress to question whether the U.S. food safety system can keep pace. This report looks at a series of recent incidents that have raised safety concerns from China in particular and at responses from China and the US Congress to tackle the problem.

10 Ways to Get to Get Healthy, Local Foods into Low-Income Neighborhoods: A Minneapolis Resource Guide

This Minneapolis resource guide is for community leaders interested in addressing public health issues associated with poor diets and food insecurity in low-income neighborhoods. Its purpose is to provide ideas, links and contacts to help these leaders get started in addressing food access issues.

A Row to Hoe

A study on the impact of trade liberalization on women throughout the world focusing on the food system, agricultural markets and human rights.