PRG 1 SPEAKING OUT FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC JUSTICE--2009 IMMOKALEE ENCUENTRO A CONVERSATION WITH HAI VO; REAL FOOD CHALLENGE MOVEMENT YOUTH ACTIVIST.
REAL FOOD CHALLENGE IS A CAMPAIGN & NETWORK OF PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT SOCIETY & SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. REAL FOOD ADVOCATES FOOD THAT IS ETHICALLY PRODUCED WITH FAIR TREATMENT OF WORKERS, EQUITABLE RELATIONSHIPS WITH FARMERS, AND HUMANELY TREATED ANIMALS. IT IS FOOD THAT IS ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, WITHOUT PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES, LARGE SCALE PLANTATION MONO-CULTURES, AND A LOW CARBON FOOTPRINT. REAL FOOD CHALLENGE IS FOCUSED ON STUDENTS & YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH A NATIONAL NETWORK OF COLLEGE CAMPUSES & COMMUNITY GROUPS. THE REAL FOOD CHALLENGE IS BASED ON 6 CORE PRINCIPLES OF INCLUSION & JUSTICE. REAL FOOD MIRRORS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S FARMING, FISHING, & HERDING TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE THAT KEPT THE LAND & PEOPLE HEALTHY.
PRG CONVERSATION FOCUSES ON THE VISION OF REAL FOOD; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REAL FOOD PARADIGME AND POWERFUL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL FARMING SYSTEM; ISSUES OF GREEN REVOLUTION TECHNOLOGY; ISSUES OF BIO-TECHNOLOGY/GENETIC ENGINEERING IN FOOD & AGRICULTURE; YOUTH CONCERNS FOR THE FUTURE
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PRG 1 SPEAKING OUT FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC JUSTICE A CONVRSATION WITH HAI VO, REAL FOOD CHALLENGE YOUTH ORGANIZER
REAL FOOD CHALLENGE IS A NATIONAL CAMPAIGN & NETWORK WHICH ADVOCATES A JUST AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD & AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM. REAL FOOD INVISIONS AN AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM THAT NOURISHES THE LAND & PEOPLE. IT IS PRODUCING FOOD WITHOUT HARMFUL PESTICIDES/HERBICIDES. IT IS A COMMUNITY BASED, DEMOCRATIC FOOD PRODUCTION & MARKETING SYSTEM. REAL FOOD IS ANTITHETICAL TO THE POWERFUL AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM OF MODERN AGRICULTURE THAT IS BASED ON CORPORATE PROFIT RATHER THAN THE WELL-BEING OF HUMANITY OR THE ENVIRONMENT.
PRG CONVERSATION FOCUSES ON THE REAL FOOD VISION; ISSUES OF THE GREEN REVOLUTION TECHNOLOGY; ISSUES OF BIO-TECHNOLOGY/GENETIC ENGINEERING IN FOOD & AGRICULTURE; YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE