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!
It's International Food Workers Week, and the Food Chain Workers Alliance is showing what it is to be in solidarity with the people who make eating possible. foodchainworkers.org/portfolio/fo...
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It's International Food Workers Week, and the Food Chain Workers Alliance is showing what it is to be in solidarity with the people who make eating possible. foodchainworkers.org/portfolio/fo...
Thea Riofrancos' Extraction is thoughtful, rigorous, engaged, and unafraid to look at the international demands made of us here in the US. It's a model of political logic and solidarity. Buy www.theariofrancos.com/extraction then listen: thedigradio.com/podcast/extr...
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Thea Riofrancos' Extraction is thoughtful, rigorous, engaged, and unafraid to look at the international demands made of us here in the US. It's a model of political logic and solidarity. Buy www.theariofrancos.com/extraction then listen: thedigradio.com/podcast/extr...
From an incredible shortlist, it was an honour to hand Omar El Akkad the National Book Award for non-fiction this year. His speech left not a dry eye in the house. He, and his book, deserve your attention. the.ink/p/omar-el-ak...
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
From an incredible shortlist, it was an honour to hand Omar El Akkad the National Book Award for non-fiction this year. His speech left not a dry eye in the house. He, and his book, deserve your attention. the.ink/p/omar-el-ak...
The Lancet's series on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health is a landmark. The hard part, always, is to shape policy to match the science. www.thelancet.com/infographics...
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The Lancet's series on Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health is a landmark. The hard part, always, is to shape policy to match the science. www.thelancet.com/infographics...
Now that I can post freely about books, there's quite a backlog. First, get your library to get a copy of the Oxford Handbook of Land Politics. (30% discount below) Ian Scoones lists the reason to read it and, as always, he's right: www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Now that I can post freely about books, there's quite a backlog. First, get your library to get a copy of the Oxford Handbook of Land Politics. (30% discount below) Ian Scoones lists the reason to read it and, as always, he's right: www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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More fox-guarding-henhouse climate news: > 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
More fox-guarding-henhouse climate news: > 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In Sudan, "in the Gezira, farmers and agricultural workers have been organizing [for] a food sovereign future". Excellent analysis by Nisrin Elamin transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In Sudan, "in the Gezira, farmers and agricultural workers have been organizing [for] a food sovereign future". Excellent analysis by Nisrin Elamin transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
Amid the horrors of police killings in Rio, Timo Bartholl shares some hope: food sovereignty in the favelas. Yet another reason, if you don't yet, to subscribe to PI's The Internationalist. act.progressive.international/the-internat...
November 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Amid the horrors of police killings in Rio, Timo Bartholl shares some hope: food sovereignty in the favelas. Yet another reason, if you don't yet, to subscribe to PI's The Internationalist. act.progressive.international/the-internat...
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...