Articles can be in the form of reporting, opinion pieces, interviews, features, first person, historical, anthropological, sociological, reviews, etc.



Topics can include, but are not limited to:

*Distribution networks, from global monopolies to producer-based cooperatives

*The costs and effects of monoculture farming on the environment and society

*Different models for sustainable agriculture—permaculture, biodynamic, organic, etc. We’re especially looking for interviews with small-scale farmers, comparing and contrasting different systems and feasibility.

*How people eat, how different cultures approach food preparation and consumption

*Profiles and/or analysis of different sectors of food workers, particularly migrant/immigrant labor

*Government and agribusiness, how public resources are used to fund large-scale, private business

*Women’s role in agriculture

*Food coops, looking at different types, possibilities and problems

*Fair trade agriculture products

*Anything related to genetically modified organisms

*Food diversity, seed banks

*Food and health issues

*Energy usage and food production

*Distribution challenges for small producers

*Reviews of books, movies, magazines about food



Submission guidelines:

Length: 400-1500 words. Articles over this length will not be considered.

Deadline: Wednesday, July 27

Email articles only both as text in body of email and as an MS Word attachment to:

 imc-nyc-print@indymedia.org.

Include your name, phone number and email.

PLEASE INCLUDE ALL REFERENCES AND SOURCES USED IN ARTICLE