This is the first of three parts of an interview with Baldemar Velasquez, President and Founder of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. In Part One, Mr. Velasquez describes the biggest challenges and abuses farm workers face in the U.S., and what it was like for his family to work in America’s agricultural sector. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.
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Fighting for Farm Workers’ Rights for More Than 40 Years |
| By: borderjumpers Monday July 19, 2010 7:46 am |
A Conversation About Organic Agriculture with Chuck Benbrook |
| By: borderjumpers Friday July 16, 2010 7:42 am |
In this regular series we profile advisors of the Nourishing the Planet project. This week, we feature Chuck Benbrook, Chief Scientist at the Organic Center.
Beating the Heat to Reduce Post-Harvest Waste |
| By: borderjumpers Wednesday July 14, 2010 11:08 am |
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.
Turning the Catch of the Day into Improved Livelihoods for the Whole Community |
| By: borderjumpers Monday July 12, 2010 7:16 am |
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet and written by Christi Zaleski.
Creating Food Sovereignty for Small-Scale Farmers |
| By: borderjumpers Friday July 9, 2010 6:53 am |
This interview with Raj Patel, award-winning writer, activist and academic, was originally featured as a two part series on Nourishing the Planet.
Fighting Global Malnutrition Locally |
| By: borderjumpers Wednesday July 7, 2010 7:23 am |
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet blog.
Depending on A Global Workforce |
| By: borderjumpers Friday July 2, 2010 9:48 am |
This is the second and third parts in a series of blogs Nourishing the Planet will be writing about workers in the food system. Nourishing the Planet research intern Ronit Ridberg recently spoke with Erik Nicholson, National VP of the United Farm Workers of America. In the first part of this two-part interview, Erik talks about the global agricultural system and the role American consumers play in it. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.
Locally Produced Crops for Locally Consumed Products |
| By: borderjumpers Wednesday June 30, 2010 8:59 am |
Learning to Listen to Farmers |
| By: borderjumpers Monday June 28, 2010 10:56 am |
Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.
Working with the Root |
| By: borderjumpers Wednesday June 23, 2010 8:33 am |
The following is an eight-part series about Danielle Nierenberg’s visit to the Ecumenical Association for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development (ECASARD) in Ghana. Cross posted from Worldwatch Institute’s Nourishing the Planet.


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