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This storytelling series features six case studies of fisher communities organizing for justice and food sovereignty across land and water. These stories surface strategies of resistance, resilience, and survival in the face of systemic injustice and extractive economies. We begin with two stories from Uganda and South Africa.
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This storytelling series features six case studies of fisher communities organizing for justice and food sovereignty across land and water. These stories surface strategies of resistance, resilience, and survival in the face of systemic injustice and extractive economies. We begin with two stories from Uganda and South Africa.
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This shared framework on animal agriculture and aquatic food systems highlights shared challenges, principles, and pathways for sustainable, equitable, and interconnected food systems change.
Rooted in Justice is a storytelling gallery featuring eight food justice leaders sharing stories of land, identity, resistance, and healing—coming from Canada, USA & China, Nepal, Ghana, Mexico, Myanmar, Palestine, and Peru.
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From Uganda to South Africa, fisher communities are standing up to militarization, inequality, and corporate capture—organizing for justice, food sovereignty, and sustainability. Explore the first stories in our Beacons of Hope: Land–Water Nexus series.
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Cooperative farming and food in Sheffield, UK. Photo credit: Alastair Johnstone, Climate Visuals
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