“Focus on food for people: Food is more than a commodity. People’s need for—and right to—food must be at the centre of policies.” These are the words of the farmers who defined food sovereignty at the 2007 International Forum for Food Sovereignty.

It is rare these days for organizations in our sector to speak out on the humanitarian crisis that is the famine in Palestine. We know that this isn’t an excuse to stay silent, and this is especially true when leaders in movements adjacent to ours have made it clear in very salient terms that what we are witnessing is wrong.

We have grown a passionate movement and online space by discussing issues like food insecurity on a regional level. We can no longer neglect to acknowledge one of the most extreme examples of food insecurity and eroded food sovereignty happening on the planet today. A population is being starved to death while humanitarian aid is blocked at the border. We must acknowledge and condemn the aid blockade and man made famine occurring as we speak in Gaza.

When we say Food For All Is Feasible—when we wear this on our t-shirts and our tote bags while we shop at the farmers’ market—we do not mean just for Nova Scotia. We also mean for Gaza. We stand in solidarity with all those demanding an end to the starvation, the blockade, and the systemic denial of food as a basic human right. We also must acknowledge the famine in Sudan and the many places around the world experiencing devastating food insecurity, many of which do not make headlines.