Raj Patel
@rajpatel.org
Research Prof at U Texas,, author of "Stuffed and Starved", co-director of "The Ants & The Grasshopper" http://antsandgrasshopper.org, co-author "Inflamed", out now!
Kerala has eradicated extreme poverty in a country with the greatest number of extremely poor people. But "poverty is continually being created and recreated under the institutions of capitalism." So after Kerala's win, what next? www.thenewsminute.com/voices/the-p...
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Kerala has eradicated extreme poverty in a country with the greatest number of extremely poor people. But "poverty is continually being created and recreated under the institutions of capitalism." So after Kerala's win, what next? www.thenewsminute.com/voices/the-p...
African faith leaders demand reparations from Gates Foundation over industrial farming harm mg.co.za/the-green-gu...
November 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
African faith leaders demand reparations from Gates Foundation over industrial farming harm mg.co.za/the-green-gu...
Systems Change Now or Never: a short note from La Via Campesina's Third Nyéléni Global Forum, to which I was honoured to be invited. progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
November 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Systems Change Now or Never: a short note from La Via Campesina's Third Nyéléni Global Forum, to which I was honoured to be invited. progressive.international/wire/2025-11...
Fixing Food Systems Will Take More than Good Intentions - V sensible thoughts from IPES-Food heavyweights Shalmali Guttal, Sofia Monsalve and Pat Mooney foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
November 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Fixing Food Systems Will Take More than Good Intentions - V sensible thoughts from IPES-Food heavyweights Shalmali Guttal, Sofia Monsalve and Pat Mooney foodtank.com/news/2025/10...
Bodega association now supports NYC city-run grocery - another sign that the Mamdani campaign knows how to build a coalition www.supermarketnews.com/food-accessi...
October 31, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bodega association now supports NYC city-run grocery - another sign that the Mamdani campaign knows how to build a coalition www.supermarketnews.com/food-accessi...
We Are Still Not Counted As Human – an interview with S'bu Zikode, explains everything you need to know about how the largest post-apartheid movement in South Africa formed. darajapress.com/publication/...
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We Are Still Not Counted As Human – an interview with S'bu Zikode, explains everything you need to know about how the largest post-apartheid movement in South Africa formed. darajapress.com/publication/...
Maya Meredith has excellent advice for ground-level organizing gleaned through her work on the Mamdani campaign. hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Maya Meredith has excellent advice for ground-level organizing gleaned through her work on the Mamdani campaign. hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
Mamdani’s Ideas Have Been Tried Before — and Worked www.politico.com/news/magazin...
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Mamdani’s Ideas Have Been Tried Before — and Worked www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Where do you get your nutritional misinformation? Rooted Research Collective has a v helpful typology of doctors, rebels, hustlers and more. Great resource for bullshit-detection. rootedresearch.co/publications...
October 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Where do you get your nutritional misinformation? Rooted Research Collective has a v helpful typology of doctors, rebels, hustlers and more. Great resource for bullshit-detection. rootedresearch.co/publications...
Texas fought for slavery, twice, to make cotton farming profitable. Now, reports the Texas Monthly, TX cotton may finally be finished.... www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
October 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Texas fought for slavery, twice, to make cotton farming profitable. Now, reports the Texas Monthly, TX cotton may finally be finished.... www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
I had a wonderful conversation with my fellow IPES-Food panelist and longtime friend and comrade Million Belay on the future of African Agriculture. Listen to them all here: www.youtube.com/@BFAAPOD
October 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I had a wonderful conversation with my fellow IPES-Food panelist and longtime friend and comrade Million Belay on the future of African Agriculture. Listen to them all here: www.youtube.com/@BFAAPOD
How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger - some ideas penned with Refiloe Joala www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/s...
October 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
How the G20 Could Help Eliminate Global Hunger - some ideas penned with Refiloe Joala www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/s...
See you in Austin on Oct 16, on World Food Day: A Fundraiser for famine in Gaza and Sudan www.connecther.org/donations/ga...
October 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
See you in Austin on Oct 16, on World Food Day: A Fundraiser for famine in Gaza and Sudan www.connecther.org/donations/ga...
I've not come across The Elephant before, but there are stories here I've seen nowhere else, e.g. Seeds of Discontent: Kenya’s Seed Law Undermines Farmers’ Resilience www.theelephant.info/analysis/202...
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I've not come across The Elephant before, but there are stories here I've seen nowhere else, e.g. Seeds of Discontent: Kenya’s Seed Law Undermines Farmers’ Resilience www.theelephant.info/analysis/202...
Arianna Tozzi and Enid Still's ethnography of Natural Farming is a brilliant reminder that, even in the most complex agroecological systems, ideas of purity always creep in. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
October 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Arianna Tozzi and Enid Still's ethnography of Natural Farming is a brilliant reminder that, even in the most complex agroecological systems, ideas of purity always creep in. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I learned a great deal from this deep dive into the world's most popular bird, the Ross 308. It's paywalled, but Bloomberg's food reporting is excellent. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I learned a great deal from this deep dive into the world's most popular bird, the Ross 308. It's paywalled, but Bloomberg's food reporting is excellent. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The human cost of healthy eating: Some recommended US diets carry higher risk of forced labor in food supply chains phys.org/news/2025-10...
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The human cost of healthy eating: Some recommended US diets carry higher risk of forced labor in food supply chains phys.org/news/2025-10...
Posting a few thoughts on labour + food:1. Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis prospect.org/politics/tru...
October 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Posting a few thoughts on labour + food:1. Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis prospect.org/politics/tru...
RISING UP TOGETHER – Uniting climate movements with farmer and peasant struggles at COP30 Incl ActionAid, IPES-Food, La Via Campesina, the World March of Women, and the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30.
🗓️ Thursday 9 October
🕒 15:00 CEST | 1
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ Thursday 9 October
🕒 15:00 CEST | 1
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
RISING UP TOGETHER – Uniting climate movements with farmer and peasant struggles at COP30 Incl ActionAid, IPES-Food, La Via Campesina, the World March of Women, and the Peoples’ Summit Towards COP30.
🗓️ Thursday 9 October
🕒 15:00 CEST | 1
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🗓️ Thursday 9 October
🕒 15:00 CEST | 1
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Federal SNAP cuts will upend state budgets. Yes, the scale in the graph goes up to 775%, but it's worth looking at absolute $ figures too. www.georgetownpoverty.org/issues/snap-... h/t GroceryNerd
September 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Federal SNAP cuts will upend state budgets. Yes, the scale in the graph goes up to 775%, but it's worth looking at absolute $ figures too. www.georgetownpoverty.org/issues/snap-... h/t GroceryNerd
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring. The reliably good Bloomberg Green connects the dots between AI and the war on the poor www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
September 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring. The reliably good Bloomberg Green connects the dots between AI and the war on the poor www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Tucked into the Appropriations Bill is a limit on the right to sue pesticide manufacturers for harm. As always, Carey Gillam has the details. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/in-w...
September 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Tucked into the Appropriations Bill is a limit on the right to sue pesticide manufacturers for harm. As always, Carey Gillam has the details. www.thenewlede.org/2025/09/in-w...
ICYMI, on Saturday the USDA cancelled its food security survey. I'm certain there are depths of stupidity left to plumb, but ignorance about hunger has yet to be proven a path to ending it.
September 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
ICYMI, on Saturday the USDA cancelled its food security survey. I'm certain there are depths of stupidity left to plumb, but ignorance about hunger has yet to be proven a path to ending it.
If you just missed the webinar, there's a fantastic trove of data on the Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming trials in Zambia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Philippines and India at naturalfarming.global
September 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you just missed the webinar, there's a fantastic trove of data on the Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming trials in Zambia, Brazil, Sri Lanka, Philippines and India at naturalfarming.global
What's the opposite of MAHA? Mamadani. Here are some thoughts in the Boston Review on the fight for food as a public good. www.bostonreview.net/articles/mah...
September 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
What's the opposite of MAHA? Mamadani. Here are some thoughts in the Boston Review on the fight for food as a public good. www.bostonreview.net/articles/mah...