10 burritos a minute. 2,800 pizzas a day. These are some of the expectations of the employees working for the frozen vegetarian food empire, Amy’s Kitchen. Workers who complained about injuries on the job, from amputated fingers to fractured hips, were silenced or terminated. So they organised. In June 2022…

In response to the ongoing climate crisis, governments worldwide are setting regulatory caps on emissions so corporations can gradually reduce their pollution until they eventually reach “net-zero” or “carbon-neutral” emissions. Transnational corporations the world over, including Apple, Shell, Mercedes Benz, and countless others, have been making weighty claims of being…

For nearly three decades, self-proclaimed “godman,” mystic and yogi, Jaggi Vasudev, known to his followers as Sadhguru, has been talking about the alarming threat of Soil Extinction. Today, the Save Soil campaign that Sadhguru has championed under his spirituality non-profit Isha Foundation is quickly garnering international support from politicians, celebrities…

We often talk about slavery as something of the past. But the truth is, it never really ended — it simply adapted to assume a more palatable form within the changing political system. Modern forms of slavery are so widely prevalent that it is highly likely that the things we…

This article was written by Indra Shekhar Singh. Indra is an independent agri-policy analyst and an agri-talk show host and writer. He was the former Director of Policy and Outreach at the National Seed Association of India (NSAI). Indra Tweets at @indrassingh. After a year, and the largest protest in…

Why We Must Face the Truth of the Food System to Move Forward — Everyone loves food. Food brings us together. It’s the keeper of our memories. Its aromas remind us of the moments we hold most dear. Its flavors bring us back to the warmth we experienced around the dinner table as we spent time with families, both chosen and unchosen. Breaking bread…

How Climate Change Narratives are Used Against Us — We all care about ending world hunger. We all care about climate change. And we tend to demonstrate this care by contributing to solving them — by reducing our consumption, or perhaps by donating to causes we believe in. Our empathy guides our actions — we want the world to…

Wizards and Prophets battle it out to set the agenda. Both are missing the mark. — The conversation about the future of the food system is a fraught one. There are so many competing approaches, priorities, and power dynamics at play that it makes consensus-building nearly impossible. When we boil down competing narratives, however, a few core themes come out. One side centers on production…

This article is a collaboration between A Growing Culture and the Community Alliance for Global Justice. Today, we see a lot of prominent people in the Global North pitching solutions to the world’s problems. They claim that their business savvy, resources, and influence are exactly what’s missing in the quest…