food crisis
Millions Observe Oct 16 as World Foodless Day
Posted October 16th, 2008 by Jane ShuputPRESS RELEASE: October 16, 2008
Millions of People Observe October 16 as World Foodless Day
A Global Day of Simultaneous Actions that resist forces
maintaining the Financial and Food Crises
Today, 16 October, 2008, millions of farmers, agricultural workers, fisherfolks, pastoralists and herders, indigenous peoples, women, migrants, consumers, youth and urban poor are in unison in resisting neoliberal policies that created and maintain the food security crisis and the financial meltdown.
The financial crisis and food crisis make the basic right to food elusive. They both share the same recipe deriving from failures of free market fundamentals that feed on each other.
Step Up to the Plate: Ending the Food Crisis
When: World Food Day, Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 7 PM
Where: Great Hall of Cooper Union, 7 E. 7th Street (at 3rd Ave.), New York City Cost: Free (suggested donation at the door)
RSVP (encouraged): whyevents@whyhunger.org. Seating is first come, first served.
As U.S. food pantries face long lines and empty shelves while food protests rock the globe, it is clear that we are in the midst of a food crisis at home and abroad. The crisis is long in the making, yet even as it hits both headlines and wallets, it has been largely ignored by the current administration and the presidential candidates. In response, food, farm, labor, and justice organizations from across the US are joining together to call on our leaders to address the roots of the problem.
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Welcome to the FSNYC Policy Blog
Posted October 9th, 2008 by AnonymousNew York and the world reels with the repercussions of financial market
meltdown, it may go unnoticed that there are numerous important
developments in the city and in the world related to the crisis of food
access and heightened efforts to address solutions for both the city's
and the global food crisis.
This is the first of future postings from contributors to the new
Food Systems Network food policy blog. Among developments in the city
are new initiatives of Brooklyn and Manhattan boroughs to bring
attention to deepening food insecurity due to higher food prices and
increasing disparities in food access in certain neighborhoods. We will
share policy mapping exercises for New York City networks and
organizations.
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