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World Family is creating a space for dialogue and resource sharing between small scale farmers and all of us who value our environment and our communities. All over the world we have a common interest in opposing the take over of the food supply by agribusiness. People and the food we eat are too important to be turned into mere commodities. It is through a thousand small acts of solidarity that we can support and empower the small scale farmers to feed the world.
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‘For us, the land is sacred’: on the road with the defenders of the world’s forests
Posted on November 16, 2017 | No CommentsPublished: 04 Nov 2017 Short URL: https://farmlandgrab.org/27620 ‘For us, the land is sacred’: on the road with the defenders of the world’s forests by Jonathan Watts ‘Hope, courage and anger’: more » -
Award-Winning Mexico Indigenous Environmental Activist Murdered
Posted on January 19, 2017 | No CommentsIsidro Baldenegro Lopez, accepting his award at the 2005 Goldman Prize award ceremony. | Photo: Goldman Prize Previous Next Published 17 January 2017 http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Award-Winning-Mexico-Indigenous-Environmental-Activist-Murdered-20170117-0041.html The story echoes those of other more » -
![Dr Eva Sirinathsinghji The Ecologist, 24 November 2016 http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2988361/vital_soil_fungi_damaged_by_gmo_bt_cotton.html [links to sources at the URL above] * A study of GMO cotton varieties shows they disrupt an important beneficial soil <a href="https://worldfamilyonline.org/vital-soil-fungi-damaged-by-gmo-bt-cotton/#more-'" class="more-link">more »</a>](http://worldfamilyonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/holder-image-115x110.png "Vital soil fungi damaged by GMO Bt cotton")
Vital soil fungi damaged by GMO Bt cotton
Posted on November 25, 2016 | No CommentsDr Eva Sirinathsinghji The Ecologist, 24 November 2016 http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2988361/vital_soil_fungi_damaged_by_gmo_bt_cotton.html [links to sources at the URL above] * A study of GMO cotton varieties shows they disrupt an important beneficial soil more » -
Tainted Lands: Corruption in Large-Scale Land Deals
Posted on November 20, 2016 | No CommentsHow corruption is fuelling the global land grabbing crisis, which has seen millions of people displaced from their homes and farmland. Report / 15 Nov 2016 A surge in land more » -
Neoliberalism for All: The World Bank’s Doing Business 2017
Posted on November 4, 2016 | No CommentsThursday, November 3, 2016 By Alice Martin-Prével and Frédéric Mousseau “Equal Opportunity for All” subtitles the annual Doing Business report released last month by the World Bank. The choice is more » -
Cars and trucks burn almost half of all palm oil used in Europe
Posted on June 2, 2016 | No CommentsMay 2016 Transport and Environment This briefing details the feedstock used in biodiesel in Europe between 2010 and 2014. It is based on official industry data from Fediol obtained by more » -
Five key takeaways from the TTIP leak for food and farming systems
Posted on May 27, 2016 | No CommentsBy Karen Hansen-Kuhn Shefali Sharma Dr. Steve Suppan Sharon Anglin Treat May 2016 See more at: http://www.iatp.org/documents/five-key-takeaways-from-the-ttip-leak-for-food-and-farming-systems#sthash.aQ3777dm.vsxXOuio.dpuf Used under creative commons license from harrington_alison. The leaked Transatlantic Trade and Investment more » -
Video: West African women defend traditional palm oil
Posted on May 21, 2016 | No CommentsGRAIN et al. | 05 May 2016 | Videos (Photo: Antoshananarivo) A new video shows how rural women in West Africa are working to protect traditional palm oil production in more » -
What do the TTIP leaks say about GMOs?
Posted on May 12, 2016 | No CommentsGabriela Vázquez of the Spain-based group Ecologistas en Acción explains what could happen in the GMO arena, based on the TTIP documents released so far, if the trade deal passes more » -
Palm Oil and GM Mustard: A Marriage Made in Hell
Posted on March 13, 2016 | No Commentsby Colin Todhunter March 11, 2016 The current drive to get genetically modified (GM) food crops into India is being spearheaded by GM mustard. However, the decision to sanction the more »