Occupy Our Food

Anthony Lappe and Peter Rothberg
NationofChange / Video Feature
Published: Wednesday 28 December 2011
“On this past December 4, food activists from across the country joined the Occupy Wall Street Farmers March for ‘a celebration of community power to regain control over the most basic element to human well-being: food.’”

On this past December 4, food activists from across the country joined the Occupy Wall Street Farmers March for "a celebration of community power to regain control over the most basic element to human well-being: food."

The rally began at La Plaza Cultural Community Gardens where urban and rural farmers talked about the growing problems with the industrial food system and the solutions based in organic, sustainable and community based agricultural production. This was followed by a three-mile march from the East Village of Manhattan to Zuccotti Park, the birthplace of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

This video by Anthony Lappe offers an inspiring glimpse into this new movement. Check it out and then go to Food Democracy Now, a grassroots community dedicated to building a sustainable food system, to find out how you can help.

This story originally appeared in The Nation.
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2 comments on "Occupy Our Food"

uyviadcx

Ogblofeld

December 31, 2011 4:31pm

The Global Elite has a "minion" corporation in every sector. Their food sector dictator is Monsanto.
Obama (Bush the III), hired Monsanto's ex VP as the head of the FDA. Lul, and not the good kind...