Contributing Writer Ryan Zinn Record-breaking heat waves, long-term drought, “100-year floods” in consecutive years, and increasingly extreme superstorms are becoming […]
Small Scale Farmers Cool the Planet
Issue 10, Spring 2015
In this issue, we cover topics that are affecting everyone around the globe. We focus our cover story on food, farming and climate change – and how small scale farmers hold the power to mitigate climate change while feeding the world. We introduce brands working with small-scale farmers in our cover story, on our back cover, and in our regular in-depth brand feature article. Additional articles cover farmers fighting for justice in Washington state, the skyrocketing rates of herbicide and insecticide use on GMO crops and the role of pro-GMO media in suppressing this information, Dr. Vandana Shiva’s call for seed freedom and food democracy, and a new international fair trade labeling guide to help clarify the ecosocial certification landscape. Two additional articles focus on policy, one examining the links between free trade agreements and migration from the Global South, and another examining how “ag-gag” laws prevent whistleblowers from exposing abuses and crimes on factory farms.
ARTICLES
An Open Letter By Dr. Vandana Shiva What follows is an excerpt from a longer open letter by Dr. Vandana […]
Contributing Writer David Bronner Former EPA Senior Scientist’s New Article Sets Record Straight Michael Specter’s articles in the New Yorker […]
A reference tool to better understand the guarantees of fair trade labels, standards, monitoring measures and how they differ from […]
Contributing Writer David Bacon “We come to the U.S. to work because we can’t get a price for our product […]
Contributing Writer: Ian Alexander There are many problems plaguing the modern food system. With its reliance on chemical pesticides, practices […]
Contributing Writer: Ryan Fletcher In his article “Fairness for Farmworkers and Farm Animals” in Issue 8 of For A Better […]
Contributing Writer Geoff White Trade Aid has firmly established itself as the original and largest fair trade organization to operate […]