Research Prof @TheLBJSchool, author of "Stuffed and Starved", co-director of "The Ants & The Grasshopper" https://nitter.cf/t.co/7jHuTPOg7u, co-author "Inflamed".
Austin, Texas
Joined June 2009
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New writing project. First post is the recipe for solidarity and the three things that change the world — witness, friendship, and art. open.substack.com/pub/classw…
Food systems employ more workers than any other sector of the global economy — roughly 1.4 billion people. And few industries are more rife with worker abuse. jacobin.com/2026/10/food-wor…
Excited to host Adrian Lipscombe, Alex Racelis and Edwin Marty at Food Glorious Food: How We Will Beat Hunger. If you're in Austin, Friday 13 Nov, join us! eventbrite.com/e/food-glorio…
On World Food Day, it's worth counting the cost of the Gates Foundation's failure to end hunger in Africa. What should come next are not more dollars to the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, but reparation for its harms. ft.com/content/fff4d860-5652…
The good folk at Progressive International are helping coordinate this strike fund for dockworkers refusing to load weapons on 30 Oct. Pitch in if you can! refusetomove.org/strike-fund…
If you can, join us for the launch of Food Work in half an hour. ipes-food.org/launch-webinar… And if you can't, do have a look at the report itself. It's a landmark, and couldn't be more timely. ipes-food.org/report/food-wo…
Fired from the FAO for attending a Gaza protest - Thin Lei Win reports on Benjamin Davis’ commitment to ending hunger for all thenewhumanitarian.org/inter…
IPES' excellent study on workers in the food system is out Monday 5 October. Join Olivier De Schutter, Sue Longley (former General Secretary of IUF-UITA-IUL), Sumitha Kishna (Founding Director of Our Journey Malaysia) and me! lnkd.in/euNkniRE
I'm on a sidequest to read everything Richard Flanagan has published, and this brilliant essay in Equator explains why: equator.org/articles/gaza-au…
The good folk at Terra Madre have released another block of (free) tickets to join Edward Mukibi, Thin Wei Lin, Jessica Duncan and me next Friday. Looking forward to talking about communism and Slow Food! 2026.terramadresalonedelgust…
Join Morgan Ody, of La Via Campesina, Ruth Nabaggala of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Sofía Monsalve (and me) for the launch of the Agribusiness Atlas, 30th September. 327262.eu2.cleverreach.com/m…
My copy of @NaomiAKlein and @astradisastra 's End Times Fascism arrived today - very excited to dive in to the extended analysis. A taster here: theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
Heartbroken to learn that Abahlali baseMjondolo's deputy president, George Mqapheli Bonono, is gravely ill. He's an incredible leader, friend and visionary. peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/…
For a reasoned and exacting take on how South Africa's xenophobia sets the poor against the poor, see Abahlali general secretary Thapelo Mohapi's moving interview in Amandla amandla.org.za/amandla103/
The Edible Empire podcast is now available in its entirety, along with study guides for high schoolers and university students. Useful last-minute syllabus material! thesalmonandthetomato.org/ed…
'Food Social Security' has been around for a while in the Francophone world. Spain's even running an experiment. For English speakers, Gaëtan Vanloqueren and I put together a short introduction in Nature Food, out today. rdcu.be/rHXaD9LgjY8a
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Bill Gates promised Africa a farm productivity revolution. The data show sluggish yield growth and rising hunger.
Via @StacyMalkan @USRightToKnow
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Episode 34 is out now: food system scholar @_RajPatel cuts through the tangled problems of the industrial food system and points toward a better future. clf.jhsph.edu/unconfined-pod…
“Farm to fork” smuggles a faulty metaphor, a journey from seed to harvest. For many, the food systems means having to stay very firmly in place. The idea of 'food circuits' helps make that clearer. New writing with Seth Holmes in SciencePolitics sciencepolitics.org/2026/08/…
The death toll of H5N1 in Australia looks apocalyptic. One in five birds and mammals are vulnerable, and some species will suffer catastrophic population loss. theguardian.com/world/2026/a… theage.com.au/environment/co…
The victory against Walmart in Mississauga deserves far more play than it's getting in the media. Benjamin Y. Fong explains why, in this excellent piece in Phenomenal World. phenomenalworld.org/analysis…
