Posted on February 25, 2010 - by Lisa Madison

Raj Patel: Food Sovereignty

This post and accompanying video was originally published by our friends at Cooking Up a Story.

Part 3 of 3-part series.  First two segments can be found here: http://cookingupastory.com/raj-patel-the-value-of-nothing

Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing, explains what food sovereignty means, and why people around the world are fighting to have a say in their own food system. This is as much a fight for social and economic justice as it is a fight to protect the environment, along with the ability of communities, states, and nations to determine their own food and agriculture policies.

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