Real Food Reads

The peasant youth who are fighting to remain on the land and feed their communities around the world are defying expectations and reshaping what it means to be a peasant farmer today. Their stories challenge old ideas of what a farmer looks like, and ask us to imagine a movement bold enough to shift its politics to meet them. "The Palestinian relationship with the land is not abstract… It's reciprocal. It's not about what we get from the land. It's about what we give to the land. We have a responsibility to care for the land and for each other." Yasmeen El-Hasen is a member of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) and La Vía Campesina. Interviewer: Katie Brimm Editor: Jaime Roque Producer: Tanya Kerssen Photographer: Erika Piñeros Music: “We made it to the other side” by Alvaro Acevedo Learn more about La Vía Campesina: viacampesina.org 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum: nyeleniglobalforum.org/3rd-nyeleni-global-forum Real Food Media: realfoodmedia.org