The Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, the Center for New Community, and Indiana University Press today announce the publication of “Food Justice,” a new issue of the journal Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts that explores the intersection … Continued
Last Friday night, Washington, D.C. politicians went into overdrive in order agree upon an 11th hour 2011 federal budget. Framed as a fight to the bitter end, compromises became personally evident by Monday morning as the long undetermined budget cuts … Continued
Earlier this month, I along with a few workers from the Midwest joined hundreds of protesters and Immokalee workers in Tampa, Florida. This effort to bring more attention to the plight of food workers started in the northeast and made … Continued
“There are certain things only a government can do. And one of those things is ensuring that the foods we eat are safe and do not cause us harm.” – President Obama On January 4, 2011 President Obama signed into … Continued
It’s that time of year again when people are busy planning and hosting seasonal celebrations that honor various cultural, religious and social traditions. Over the next six to eight weeks, gatherings will be held in homes, banquet halls, and houses … Continued
Midst all the manifestations of the so-called “food movement” in the U.S.—organic, slow, sustainable, natural, whole, healthy, urban, sovereign—is a glaring absence of analysis of the structure of race that pervades the entire food system, from the ground to the … Continued
One can only hope that all the tea partiers who may have recently ended up with salmonella poisoning from Iowa’s bad eggs are rethinking their “big government” attack mantras and, with everyone else, wondering why and how the infamous DeCoster … Continued
Faith-filled people bestow a level of practical reverence to the offices of pastor, deacon, lay minister, etc. In addition to word and sacrament, protocols instruct believers and followers to concern themselves with justice, civil and human rights, community outreach and … Continued
Next week the Departments of Justice and Agriculture will jointly convene the first of five national hearings on “competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry.” If the first gathering in Ankeny, Iowa is any indicator, the Departments will have … Continued