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Skip to contentRaj PatelWebsite of author, film-maker and academic, Raj Patel MenuHomeEventsAcademicFilmBooksInternationalJournalismMeet Raj Scroll down to contentPostsPosted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021Ants, Grasshoppers, and AgroecologyThe fine people at the Scientific American have released an article explaining agroecology in time for today’s UN Food Systems summit. In it, I talk about my time in Malawi working with Soils, Food and Healthy Communities, and share a few ideas that we couldn’t cover in the film The Ants & The Grasshopper. Continue reading “Ants, Grasshoppers, and Agroecology”Posted on July 23, 2021March 30, 2022Inflamed: The Animation Continue reading “Inflamed: The Animation”Posted on July 1, 2021July 1, 2021A quick note on Donald RumsfeldBefore he was a war criminal, Donald Rumsfeld was a common chauvinist, of the variety easily found in government today. My friend DBS sends this observation from Nick Kotz’ Let Them Eat Promises: Continue reading “A quick note on Donald Rumsfeld”Posted on June 3, 2021June 3, 2021Moving Mountains Continue reading “Moving Mountains”Posted on May 20, 2021May 20, 2021#ResignModiThe Indian government has done all kinds of things in the name of modernisation. To get food rations and social grants, for instance, Indians have to submit to a state of the art biometric scanning system. When farmworkers fingertips are rubbed away through manual labour, they render themselves unidentifiable to machines, and are denied benefits. Witness, progress. Continue reading “#ResignModi”Posted on May 12, 2021May 12, 2021How do you change someone’s mind about the most important thing in the world?About a decade ago, I started working on a film project called Generation Food, with an amazing group of activists and film makers. Today, I’m very pleased to share the first fruits of that project: The Ants & The Grasshopper. It’s premiering at the Mountainfilm festival later this month, with more opportunities to see it coming later this year. But for now, here’s the trailer. Continue reading “How do you change someone’s mind about the most important thing in the world?”Posted on May 4, 2021May 4, 2021Food Injustice: As American as Apple PieThe good people at The Guardian just published this piece. Do check out the others by the excellent Nina Lakhani. Continue reading “Food Injustice: As American as Apple Pie”Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021Against PhilanthropyI was lucky enough to have the chance to talk with Rupa Marya and Anna Lappé at the 2021 Oxford Real Farming Conference. Here’s our take on philanthropy, and what’s wrong with it. Continue reading “Against Philanthropy”Posted on March 20, 2020September 23, 2021For Immediate Release: Family Food Producers And Anti-Hunger Advocates Urge Support For Local Supply Chains In Next Stimulus BillNB – Reposted here since it doesn’t seem to be available online elsewhere yet.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2020 Continue reading “For Immediate Release: Family Food Producers And Anti-Hunger Advocates Urge Support For Local Supply Chains In Next Stimulus Bill”Posted on April 9, 2019September 30, 2019A Green New Deal for AgricultureHere’s a piece run by Jacobin, written by Jim Goodman and me, on the history of the New Deal, and how it matters for rural America today. Agriculture policy in the original New Deal sprang from a heady mix of class struggle and uneasy alliances. The Green New Deal will have to stitch together a different coalition that can challenge the dominant mode of agriculture and create a more just food system. 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