Food Sovereignty Documents | Statement of the Africa-U.S. Food Sovereignty Summit
Photo by Alex Garland. Courtesy of CAGJ Moderator’s Note: Last week, I was fortunate to host some of the participants in the Africa-U.S. Food Sovereignty Strategy Summit organized by the Community Alliance for Global Justice (CAGJ) as part of the AGRA-Watch campaign. This vitally important project monitors and reports on the Gates Foundation and its Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA). The Summit was held on October 10-14 in a Seattle union hall with a packed public Town Hall meeting on October 12. One of the Summit participants was Dr. Daniel Maingi of Growth Partners Africa and the Food Rights Alliance in Kenya. He graciously agreed to visit a class I am teaching on the anthropology of food. Dr. Maingi explained the need for recognition and support of community-based local action-oriented research by African farmers seeking food sovereignty. Like the other participants in this important meeting, Dr. Maingi’s approach emphasizes the need for a shift ...