Indigenous food sovereignty in action: A Q&A with Carl McCorrister of Peguis First Nation
June 14, 2020 3:50 pm Leave your thoughts"We have taken much pride in our community garden initiative as a way of restoring our food sovereignty once again."
Categories for Social justice
Words from our chair: We cannot talk about food without talking about racism
June 4, 2020 12:19 pm 2 CommentsIn this post, I want to think out loud about the role food justice plays in the larger fight for racial justice.
COVID-19 shows us why we need a better relationship with biodiversity
May 22, 2020 11:34 am Leave your thoughtsThat relationship starts with food. Each year, when the International Day for Biological Diversity takes... View Article
UPDATE: Help a farmer avoid a food crisis
May 14, 2020 1:57 pm Leave your thoughtsWe must act now to prevent a major food crisis in Central America in the wake of COVID-19.
SeedChange staff picks: What to read, watch and listen to
March 28, 2020 12:08 pm Leave your thoughtsWe’re all doing what we can to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Here's what SeedChange staff are reading, watching and listening to right now.
SeedChange solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people and support for Indigenous sovereignty
February 18, 2020 5:12 pmWe urge the Canadian government to uphold its commitments as a signatory to the UNDRIP.
Meet Maria Traoré, a farmer in Mali!
January 17, 2020 10:03 pm Leave your thoughts"Not only have I gained a lot of knowledge, but I’ve also become much more emancipated as a housewife.”
Five food resolutions for 2020 (that aren’t about dieting)
January 13, 2020 4:20 pm Leave your thoughtsWhat are your resolutions for 2020? We have a few!
Irania is breaking glass ceilings in Nicaragua
November 18, 2019 4:44 pm Leave your thoughtsIrania is a strong advocate and inspiration for rural women and youth across Nicaragua.
Bruce Cockburn wants you to change the food system
October 16, 2019 2:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThe way food is grown and distributed means exploitation, displacement and hunger for nearly 1 billion family farmers.
Chocolate, chips, candy, ice cream… They all contain it
October 1, 2019 3:40 pm Leave your thoughtsEven your makeup, soaps and lotions could contain a substance whose cultivation contributes to deforestation and displacement of small-scale farmers.
How onions seeds grew into self-sufficiency
September 30, 2019 12:43 pm Leave your thoughtsSitan used to walk hours every day to the market in Bamako, Mali to sell agricultural goods.
Women seed change – it’s time we recognize it
September 29, 2019 10:42 pm Leave your thoughtsWhen women farmers are treated like the experts they are, it's not just women who benefit, but entire communities.
Women coffee growers beating the odds in Honduras
September 29, 2019 8:10 pm Leave your thoughts"Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that farming was my thing to do. What I liked most was being in the field."
Jeidy always dreamed of running her own farm
April 4, 2019 11:20 am Leave your thoughtsIn Honduras, it's usually men who own land and manage crop sales. But Jeidy always dreamed of running her own farm.
Putting your values into action: Dr. Ann Denis
October 1, 2018 3:37 pm Leave your thoughts"In my experience, women usually have a very acute analysis of what is going on in their own society. That's something we should support."
