food crisis
UN Dialogue on the Right to Food
Farmers, community groups, researchers, government and UN partners gathered Monday April 6th 2009 to address the Global Food Crisis and the Right to Food. Read NYC community gardener Ceci Charles-King's closing statement below and learn more about the UN Commission on Sustainable Development by visiting www.sustainablefoodmonitor.org. You can also watch a recorded video from the UN meeting on utube .
Speculation a Major Contributor to Global Food Crisis, New Report Finds
Posted November 13th, 2008 by Jane Shuput
Press Release
November 13, 2008
Contact: Ben Lilliston, 612-870-3416, ben@iatp.org
Speculation a Major Contributor
to Global Food Crisis, New Report Finds
Financial and Food Crises
Linked By Extreme Price Volatility in Deregulated Markets
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Millions Observe Oct 16 as World Foodless Day
Posted October 16th, 2008 by Jane ShuputPRESS RELEASE: October 16, 2008
Millions of People Observe October 16 as World Foodless Day
A Global Day of Simultaneous Actions that resist forces
maintaining the Financial and Food Crises
Today, 16 October, 2008, millions of farmers, agricultural workers, fisherfolks, pastoralists and herders, indigenous peoples, women, migrants, consumers, youth and urban poor are in unison in resisting neoliberal policies that created and maintain the food security crisis and the financial meltdown.
The financial crisis and food crisis make the basic right to food elusive. They both share the same recipe deriving from failures of free market fundamentals that feed on each other.
Step Up to the Plate: Ending the Food Crisis
When: World Food Day, Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 7 PM
Where: Great Hall of Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th Street (at 3rd Ave.), New York City Cost: Free (suggested donation at the door)
RSVP (encouraged): whyevents@whyhunger.org. Seating is first come, first served.
As U.S. food pantries face long lines and empty shelves while food protests rock the globe, it is clear that we are in the midst of a food crisis at home and abroad. The crisis is long in the making, yet even as it hits both headlines and wallets, it has been largely ignored by the current administration and the presidential candidates. In response, food, farm, labor, and justice organizations from across the US are joining together to call on our leaders to address the roots of the problem.
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