Campesino a Campesino: Voices from Latin America's Farmer to Farmer Movement for Sustainable Agriculture
- 230 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Eric Holt-Gimenez Books
This author explores agroecology and political economy, linking the struggle against extractive industries with the fight for land in Latin America. Drawing from extensive experience in sustainable agricultural development across Mexico, Central America, and South Africa, he co-founded the Farmer to Farmer Movement. He emphasizes that successful social movements integrate activism with livelihoods, creating sustained pressure essential for changing structures that hinder sustainability. He is recognized as a prominent critic of the global food system.
Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It?
- 136 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Nearly a third of the world’s population suffers from hunger or malnutrition. Feeding them – and the projected population of 10 billion people by 2050 – has become a high-profile challenge for states, philanthropists, and even the Fortune 500. This has unleashed a steady march of initiatives to double food production within a generation. But will doing so tax the resources of our planet beyond its capacity? In this sobering essay, scholar-practitioner Eric Holt-Giménez argues that the ecological impact of doubling food production would be socially and environmentally catastrophic and would not feed the poor. We have the technology, resources, and expertise to feed everyone. What is needed is a thorough transformation of the global food regime – one that increases equity while producing food and reversing agriculture’s environmental impacts.
A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism
- 280 pages
- 10 hours of reading
How our capitalist food system came to be -- Food, a special commodity -- Land and property -- Capitalism, food, and agriculture -- Power and privilege in the food system: gender, race and class -- Food, capitalism, crises and solutions