The Nation - What's Next for the Global Food Movement?

The October 3rd issue of The Nation features a central piece by Frances Moore Lappe, titled "The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities," along with a series of response pieces by authors such as Raj Patel, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan, and others.

Lappe's article and the brief replies survey a range of issues related to the global food industry, such as environmentalism, diet, workers' rights, food deserts, politics, land use, GMOs, world hunger, and more.

The Nation's focus of an entire issue on the food movement reiterates its increasingly prominent position in the media and among consumers, and yet the pieces remind the reader that the food movement has a long history, both within the U.S. and globally, and has produced both good and bad results. The hope of these essays' authors and their audience is that the movement continues to gain traction and make progress towards a more productive while also more sustainable global food system.

• The Food Movement: Its Power and Possibilities by Frances Moore Lappe
• Why Hunger Is Still With Us by Raj Patel
• Resisting the Corporate Theft of Seeds by Vandana Shiva
• It's Not Just About Food by Eric Schlosser
• How Change Is Going to Come in the Food System by Michael Pollan
• The Production Conundrum by Samuel Fromartz
• Walmart's Fresh Food Makeover by Bridget Huber
• Farm Bill 101 by Daniel Imhoff
• Who Says Food Is a Human Right by Anna Lappe
• Venezuela's Radical Food Experiment by Paula Crossfield