"Food First produces rigorous, timely analysis on the most important food issues. How do we know which issues are most important? By listening to social movements in the US and around the world who are working and fighting every day to feed themselves, feed their communities and protect the natural resources that sustain the planet. For decades, Food First has been at the forefront of debates around foreign aid, trade liberalization and rural development models. We’ve been an outspoken critic of the Green Revolution and other “false solutions” to hunger, and supported community-based alternatives rooted in food justice and food sovereignty. Food First has long advocated for real solutions—such as land reform and agroecology—that transform the structures of power and put control over resources in the hands of local people. Our issue areas reflect both the continuity of our analysis over the last four decades as well as our ability to respond to a rapidly changing, crisis-ridden global food system and the social movements struggling to change it."
Type of Material:
Reference Material.
Recommended Uses:
In an introductor course, this material could be included in a guided internet assignment or a lecture supplement. It could be used in class or as homework.
Technical Requirements:
Web browser.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
This website can be used to supplement material related to social change, social movements, rural sociology, Sociology of Food, inequality, and issues related to production, distribution and consumption of food. Students who review this website will be able to describe how the organization seeks to address, advocate and make a difference in communities around food related issues. Students will increase their knowledge of societal issues around food both at the local and global level.
Target Student Population:
High School, College General Ed, Graduate School.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
None.
Content Quality
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Strengths:
This is an active organization that is interested in issues related to the production, consumption, and distribution of food. They are looking for "real" solutions to overcome current issues in these areas -- labor, trade, land use, etc. There is considerable information on various food-related topics. The content is current and relevant.
Concerns:
There could be more citations and links to scientific research to back up strong claims made on the website.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The information is very interesting and many items are short reads without jargon.
Concerns:
The connection to sociological perspectives will need to be discussed, if using the information for assignments or a lecture/group launcher.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
The content is visually appealing, easy to use and of a high design quality.
Concerns:
None.
Creative Commons:
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