Food Sovereignty Prize
awarded by US Food Sovereignty Alliance
What is the Food Sovereignty Prize?
The Food Sovereignty Prize is awarded annually to one domestic and one international organization that demonstrate outstanding commitment to food sovereignty, rural democratic control, responsible stewardship of our Earth, and a bold restructuring of the global food economy.
Founded in 2009 as a direct challenge to the mainstream World Food Prize—which emphasizes increased production through technology—the Food Sovereignty Prize celebrates real solutions led by those most impacted by the injustices of the global food system. By honoring those who are reclaiming their food systems, the Food Sovereignty Prize affirms the right of people to determine their own food and agricultural futures.
Food Sovereignty goes well beyond ensuring that people have enough food to meet their physical needs. It asserts that people must reclaim their power in the food system by rebuilding the relationships between people and the land, and between food providers and those who eat.
Header image by La Via Campesina x Majez, photo by Jose D. Figueroa Serra at the agroecology farm La Botica de la Tierra,
2024 Food Sovereignty Prize Recipients
Stay tuned for the announcement of the 2024 Food Sovereignty Prize winners! Join the awards ceremony on December 12. Register to watch the livestream of the celebration.
2024 Food Sovereignty Prize Ceremony
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The Six Food Sovereignty Principles
1. Focus on Food for People
4. Makes Decisions Locally
2. Value Food Providers
5. Build Knowledge and Skill
3. Localize Food Systems
6. Work with Nature
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Past Food Sovereignty Prize Recipients
2023 Prize Recipient
Domestic: Black Dirt Farm Collective (Brandywine, MD)
International: Mouvman Peyizan Papay (Papaye Peasant Movement; Haiti)
2022 Prize Recipient
Domestic: Western Organization of Resource Councils (Billings, MT)
International: Food Sovereignty Ghana (Ghana)
2021 Prize Recipient
Domestic: Eastern Woodlands Rematriation (New England)
International: Federación Nacional Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria (Colombia)
2020 Prize Recipient
Domestic: Somali Bantu Community Association (Lewiston, ME)
International: All Nepal Peasants’ Federation (Nepal)
2019 Prize Recipients
Domestic: Urban Tilth (Richmond, CA)
International: Plan Pueblo a Pueblo (Plan People to People; Venezuela)
2018 Prize Recipients
Domestic: Black Mesa Water Coalition (Flagstaff, AZ)
International: Organización Boricuá (Puerto Rico)
2017 Prize Recipients
Domestic: North American Marine Alliance (Gloucester, MA)
International: Zimbabwe Smallholder Organic Farmers Forum (Zimbabwe)
2016 Prize Recipients
Domestic: Farmworker Association of Florida (Apopka, FL)
International: Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (Uganda)
2015 Prize Recipients
Domestic: Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund (East Point, GA)
International: Black Fraternal Organization of Honduras (Honduras)
2014 Prize Recipients
Domestic: Community to Community Development (Bellingham, WA)
International: Union of Agricultural Work Committees (Palestine)
2013 Prize Recipients
Winner: Group of 4, and Dessalines Brigade/Via Campesina (Haiti & South America)
Honorable Mentions: Basque Country Peasants’ Solidarity (Basque Country); Coordination of Peasant Organizations (Mali); Tamil Nadu Women’s Collective (India)
2012 Prize Recipients
Winner: Korean Women’s Peasant Association (Korea)
Honorable Mentions: Unified Peasant Movement of the Aguan Region (Honduras); National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (Sri Lanka); Coalition of Immokalee Workers (Immokalee, FL)
2011 Prize Recipients
Winner: Landless Workers Movement of Brazil (Brazil)
Honorable Mentions: Movimiento Campesino á Campesino (South America); South Central Farmers; The Grow Biointensive Agricultural Center of Kenya (Kenya)
2010 Prize Recipients
Winner: Family Farm Defenders (Madison, WI)
Honorable Mentions: The Detroit Black Community Food Security Network (Detroit, MI); The Network of West African Peasant and Agricultural Producers’ Organizations (West Africa); The Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty (Canada)
2009 Prize Recipients
Winner: La Via Campesina (Global)
Honorable Mentions: Community Alliance for Global Justice (Seattle, WA); International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Kenya); Toronto Food Policy Council (Canada)
