Raj Patel - also @rajpatel.org at bsky.social

New writing project. First post is the recipe for solidarity and the three things that change the world — witness, friendship, and art. open.substack.com/pub/classworri…

I've just finished Liz Carlisle and Aubrey Streit Krug's Living Roots, and it's an anthology for this moment, a chorus of hymns to our relationship to the land and, through it, to the rest of the web of life. Catch them at these events: landinstitute.org/news/living-ro…

Bloomberg's John Authers is tracking global fertilizer vulnerability. Even if the war ends next month, Brazil—the largest fertilizer importer—won't restock in time for the next soybean planting. Higher food prices will land in time for the US midterms. bloomberg.com/account/newsle…

One of the most terrifying graphs I've seen. The rate of global warming is going up, and far faster than feared. The heartbreak is that there's so much more we could have done. The hope is that we can can still do it. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

I'I've been getting a lot of calls about the industrial food system's vulnerability to fertilizer import shocks. Here's an interactive widget to see who imports what, when, and through which chokepoint. rajpatel.org/2026/03/06/fer… Stop the war. Stop the dependency.

You can't fix the care crisis without fixing the tax system. Fair taxing rights, corporate transparency, and progressive wealth taxation should fund care as a human right—not women's unpaid labor. Vol. lII of Framing Feminist Taxation Guide out now. globaltaxjustice.org/wp-content/upl…

Want to help reduce gestational hypertension and diabetes? Make sure workers have, and use, their rights. Terrific new study shows how the Fair Food Program in Florida made *many* lives better. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/art…

Adam Calo and Madeleine Fairbairn expose the white supremacist tilt of USDA demands for California to abandon farmland equity. Vital reading. civileats.com/2026/03/03/the…

The Strait of Hormuz is closed just as spring planting starts. Here's a quick illustrated guide on how 'warflation' will make your food more expensive later this year: newsletter.rajpatel.org/p/how-the-war-…

This deep dive into the coordinated web of far-right politics is just starting. Find out more, and contribute, at reactionary.international

Statement from the Cabinet of the Progressive International progressive.international/wire/2026-02-2…

It's Amazon's world. Benjamin Y. Fong continues his wonderful journey to reveal how we're just living in it. The latest at Phenomenal World: The Apotheosis of Point of Sale Data phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the-a…

🚨 New report from @IPESfood: Head In The Cloud Who controls innovation in agriculture? The report examines how Big Tech is reshaping farming – and highlights farmer-led alternatives already building resilience. 📖 Read: ipes-food.org/report/head-in… #HeadInTheCloud

5 forces reshaping food systems in 2026: Aid redesign amid scarcity; defence budgets crowd out food/climate ; trade & compliance rules squeeze small producers; “stable” prices ≠ resilience; philanthropy can’t replace public investment. odi.org/en/insights/fi…

Hamba kahle Susan George. Her 1988 Fate Worse than Debt connected so many dots for me. She offered clarity without jargon, rigour without deference, and a platform for scholarship in service of struggle at TNI. 91 years, very well lived. tni.org/en/article/sus…

James Petras, In Memorian petras.lahaine.org/james-petras-i…

Another Abahlali baseMjondolo leader assassinated in broad daylight in Gauteng, South Africa. Hamba kahle Khabazela Mkhize dailymaverick.co.za/article/zwelin…

Among the perils of opening India's agricultural market to United States business is the death of folklore. With the extinction of peasant lifeways comes the end of their songs and storytelling. It's the price of cheap milk. thewire.in/agriculture/pe…

These Haitian meatpacking workers may be deported. They voted to strike against JBS anyway. Excellent Mother Jones x Food and Environment Reporting Network collab thefern.org/2026/02/these-…

In Sri Lanka, The Microfinance Bill pushed by the Asian Development Bank has a 2nd reading in Parliament on Feb 12. It threatens the progress won against microfinanciers by peasant community credit systems. Amali Wedagedara explains at ProgIntl progressive.international/wire/2026-02-1…