At RSF, our belief, one in which we advocate, is that each and every person in the United States has a right to enjoy a basic quality of life; a quality of life that reflects the incredible technological advances and economic wealth this country possesses.… Read More »RSF Position on Creating a Fair and Equitable Normal (Post COVID-19)
There have been nearly 5,000 reported cases of workers with Covid-19 at 115 meat processing plants nationwide. The meat supply chain is breaking down, but that’s only part of the story. By Adam Clark Estes@[email protected] May 8, 2020, 7:20am EDT If you go to Wendy’s… Read More »America’s meat shortage is more serious than your missing hamburgers
The global extent of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to much hand-wringing about the future of globalization. Disputes over trade in critical goods have led to predictions of a future autarky. In response to a dispute over face masks, Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared that… Read More »Don’t let a lack of trust lead to turmoil in trade
Ellen MacArthur Foundation May 7 By Jocelyn Blériot, Executive Lead, International Institutions & Governments, Ellen MacArthur Foundation The Covid-19 crisis has disastrous human and economic consequences, revealing our system’s exposure to a variety of risks. The call for a more resilient, circular and low-carbon economic… Read More »The Covid-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy
There are people into whose heads it never enters to conceive of any better state of society than that which now exists.Henry George We are born on this earth, live our lives the best way we know how, and when we leave this world our… Read More »Better Days
Charisse Jones USA TODAY April 29th, 2020 Roughly 3.8 million people filed for unemployment last week alone, the Labor Department said Thursday, fewer than the 4.4 million who filed the week before and down from the all-time high of 6.86 million applications in late March. Jobless claims provide the best… Read More »Jobless claims climb to 30 million in six weeks as COVID-19 layoffs continue to rise
Our Executive Director Jodie Faass addresses the inequity of the impact of COVID-19 on our communities – both physically and financially – and how together, we can implement policies that benefit us ALL.
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They’re now calling this “The Great Adaptation,” which brings to mind “The Great Simplification” described by Jason Bradford (in The Future Is Rural: Food System Adaptations to the Great Simplification); the crisis is described this way as well as by Richard Heinberg (in The Party’s… Read More »The Great Adaptation
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