S.4 Ep. 1: Farmers uniting for a more just and sustainable food system

People vs Inequality Podcast

Whilst the world is trying to grapple with the reality of yet another food price crisis and growing hunger, we speak to those on the frontline to find out why the food system keeps failing and what we can do about it. We kick off this new series on Food Justice with those who are growing the food that is on our plates: farmers.

This episode features not one but two leaders of La Via Campesina – the worlds’ biggest movement of peasants, indigenous peoples and rural workers. Anuka De Silva is a young peasant leader of the Sri Lankan Movement for Land and Agricultural Reform (MONLAR); and a member of the International Coordination Committee of La Via Campesina. And Morgan Ody is a vegetable farmer from France with a long history in unionising, who recently took over as general coordinator of the global movement.

Coming from different contexts, climates, and generations, they are uniting in their struggle for a more just and sustainable food and agricultural system. Tune in to hear how they are experiencing these challenging times, what food justice means to them and of course how they are organizing to be heard and make change happen.

Resources and calls to action:

1. Call for Solidarity with French Social Movements! Stop Police Violence NOW!
2. Call to Action : 17 April – International Day of Peasant Struggles
3. Call to Action : 08 March 2023 – International Working Women’s Day *
4. 2023 | March News Wrap: Highlights from La Via Campesina Members Worldwide
   
   
5. La Via Campesina's promotional video for the 8th Conference
6. Learn more about Anuka’s organisation: Monlar website
7. Learn more about Morgan’s context: Confédération Paysanne website
8. Read more about the food price crisis:
   1. FAO State of Food Insecurity 2022
   2. Civil society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism (CISPM) call to governments