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Stories of Hope and Change
Over the past five months we have been learning, sip by sip, about the complex health, agricultural, environmental, economic, social, political, age, gender,...
Children, HIV, and Nutrition
“In 2023, no child should be born with HIV, and no child should die from an AIDS-related illness.” -- Peter Sands, Executive Director...
Industrial Agriculture
Last week we introduced the concept of agroecology, an approach to farming that strengthens local food systems and cultivates resilient communities through ecological...
Food Sovereignty
Food sovereignty is both a philosophy of life and a global political movement. It recognizes food as a right and a public good,...
Seed Systems and Human Rights
Farmers’ rights have been clearly recognized and reaffirmed as inalienable human rights – all indigenous peoples and peasants have the right to maintain,...
Agroecology
In the face of the global food crisis, farmers have answers. There is a growing movement internationally - agroecology - that is focused...
What is Canada doing about Global Hunger?
Given our concern over the cuts to international assistance in Federal Budget 2023, we want to look at what the Government of Canada...
Global Food Justice? Decolonizing the Paths Forward (Recording)
GRAN Learning Event with Dr. Elizabeth Vibert, University of Victoria historian whose research focuses on gender, poverty, colonialism, and food systems. (April 4,...
Global Hunger Hotspots
Hunger Hotspots Climate-driven Hunger Recently, Oxfam looked at 10 of the worst climate hotspots in the world – countries that have had the...
Education and Hunger
“There are times when I feel so hungry that I think going to school would be a waste. Some days I stay home,”...