Curating the best of Asian and Asian-American cuisine in Queens, this Monday, September 6th the Asian “Feastival” will serve up both innovative and traditional Asian foods along with tutorials on how to spice up your...
Nearly 200,000 farmers have committed suicide in India in the past ten years, but this fact is ignored by much of the mainstream Indian media. A new documentary follows veteran journalist P.Sainath as he puts faces and...
How much does a Big Mac cost? How about $200? That’s the true cost of a burger, according to a new book about how our market-driven society sets prices that have nothing to with the real value of things. Tune in for a...
Issues of food security and alternative agriculture are becoming increasingly important with an expanding global population. The environmental impact of large agribusiness and the effects of climate change on growing...
With Thanksgiving right around the corner and the month of festivities and holiday parties and overeating that follow, a new report from the US Department of Agriculture says that 49 million Americans—or one in...
Historian Gary Okihiro traces the transit of the pineapple—from tropical America to European tables and back to America—to tell the story of empire. Along the way, he locates Hawaii at the center of a world system of...
It is reported that more than a million have taken part in protests against South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, due to a treaty allowing US beef imports into the country. US beef imports to South Korea were blocked in...
As food prices rise around the world, riots have hit Mexico, India, Africa, and Haiti, where at least seven people have been killed and the Prime Minister has been forced out. Worldwide, rice, wheat and sugar are at...
Then stay tuned as we investigate a lawsuit filed in April of this year by workers at Devi, an upscale Indian restaurant in Manhattan. Earlier this month, eleven immigrant workers joined the suit, which charges owner...
Hear about conflicts pitting multinational Coca-Cola against communities in South Asia and Latin America. AMIT SRIVASTAVA of the activist group Global Resistance talks to APF about how Coke has become the flashpoint of...
