[Link] ‘You may bring shame to your family’: Australia launches campaign to stop seasonal farm workers absconding

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has launched an aggressive campaign to prevent Pacific Islander farm workers from fleeing their jobs as new figures reveal more than 1,000 seasonal pickers absconded in the past year.

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[Link] Cracks in food system driven by year-round hunger for fresh produce begin to show

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

As you consider your Christmas table – a bowl of cherries, a plump roasted bird and the cream on your pudding, you may spare a thought for the way the food gets to your table. Because three things this week signal cracks in our food production systems.

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[Link] An Oregon City Is Limiting How Often a Church Feeds the Homeless

Read: 1/11/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. An Oregon city just passed a new ordinance that would limit churches’ ability to serve free food to homeless people.

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[Link] Climate Change Is Violent. Should the Fight Against It Be, Too?

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

Peaceful protest isn't curbing the rapidly worsening crisis. Some activists say it’s time to attack the actual tools used to destroy the planet. Violence can be a flimsy word—so broad as to be devoid of meaning.

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[Link] UN food summit will be ‘elitist’ and ‘pro-corporate’, says special rapporteur

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

The UN global food summit is “elitist and regressive” and has failed in its goal of being a “people’s summit”, according to the special rapporteur on food rights.

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