With Protests Elsewhere in India, Peaceful Elections in Sikkim
[Note: This post was originally written in mid-April. Accompanying photographs could not be uploaded.] RAVANGLA, Sikkim – Stinging nettle, a wild green used to make soup, is called shishnu in...
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According to a new World Bank report linking gender equality and economic development, the axiom “a rising tide lifts all boats” holds some truth. Several decades of rising global income have...
View ArticleNAFTA Doing More Harm Than Good
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by the governments of the United States, Mexico and Canada in 1994, millions of Mexicans have joined the ranks of the hungry. About...
View ArticleNashville’s Thistle Farms: Cultivating an Alternative to the Streets
The thistle is the perfect symbol for Magdalene, a two-year private rehab facility for women with criminal histories of prostitution and drug addiction in Nashville, Tennessee. The thistle flower, says...
View ArticleTrader Joe’s and Coalition of Immokalee Workers Sign Fair Food Agreement
On February 9, 2012—after a lengthy campaign of protests and letter-writing—grocery chain Trader Joe’s and The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) signed a fair food agreement that supports the fair...
View ArticleFarmworkers Fast for Fair Food in Florida
On March 5th, more than 50 members of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) began a 6-day fast in Lakeland, Florida, hoping to urge Publix Super Markets to implement the Fair Food Program. The...
View ArticleA Chat With Brooklyn Food Conference’s Nancy Romer
Nancy Romer is the General Coordinator at the Brooklyn Food Coalition and a psychology professor at City University of New York’s Brooklyn College. She was instrumental in organizing the first Brooklyn...
View ArticleExploring Doha’s Central Fish Market
Hawking prawns. (Image: R. Knorpp) Why would any tourist ever visit a fish warehouse? It’s a reasonable question to ask. Frankly, I don’t have much of an answer in a broad sense. But specifically for...
View ArticleExploring Doha’s Central Fish Market
Why would any tourist ever visit a fish warehouse? It’s a reasonable question to ask. Frankly, I don’t have much of an answer in a broad sense. But specifically for me, I was craving something ........
View ArticleExploring Doha’s Central Fish Market
Why would any tourist ever visit a fish warehouse? It’s a reasonable question to ask. Frankly, I don’t have much of an answer in a broad sense. But specifically for me, I was craving something ........
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