“Gandhi is the other person. I believe Gandhi is the only person who knew about real democracy — not democracy as the right to go and buy what you want, but democracy as the responsibility to be accountable to everyone around you. Democracy begins with freedom from hunger, freedom from unemployment, freedom from fear, and […]
Read MoreWant to Change the World? Change the Way you eat!
“The greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, even if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is enough for everyone. Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the very system they attack, and who produce […]
Read MoreFeaturing Food Leaders: Deirdre Goudriaan
“We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.” ~–Jimmy Neil Smith, Director of the International Storytelling Center And this week, we continue with stories: the stories of the people like Deirdre, who has been the coordinator for the Surrey & White Rock […]
Read MoreFeaturing Food Leaders – Silvia Di Blasio
“The stories we tell literally make the world. If you want to change the world, you need to change your story. This truth applies both to individuals and institutions.” –Michael Margolis What’s your story? In this new post series, we want to feature the people and the stories behind the food sovereignty movement in […]
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