Cecosesola of Venezuela Wins Right Livelihood Award!
You could say that Cecosesola has learned how to ignore the market and set its own terms for providing goods and services.
You could say that Cecosesola has learned how to ignore the market and set its own terms for providing goods and services.
Though a global pandemic and ease of technology has sent millions of grocery shoppers online to order from Instacart and Amazon, the most grassroots and socially connected form of grocery shopping has been surprisingly untouched.
Squashes and pumpkins are great because they’re easy to grow, are a low input/ high output crop with very low maintenance and watering, and most importantly because they provide a good winter survival food.
Food politics is often a major news story these days, so I would dispute the generalization that most consumers do not see food as political.
The movement needs to refocus on its basic mission of empowering and mobilizing communities in need of healthy food and economic justice.