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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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Bhutan looks to become world’s first 100% organic country
Posted on October 24, 2013 | No CommentsLotto Zam, a Bhutanese woman farmer, sells tomatoes and other produce at a market in Shaba, Bhutan. By Doreen Fiedler Bhutan is renowned for espousing more » -
Yet another UN report calls for support to peasant farming and agroecology: it’s time for action
Posted on September 24, 2013 | No CommentsGRAIN | La Vía Campesina | ETC Group | 23 September 2013 | Other publications Media release 23 September 2013 La Via Campesina, GRAIN more » -
New Report: Putting the Cartel before the Horse…and Farm, Seeds, Soil, Peasants
Posted on September 12, 2013 | No CommentsWho Will Control Agricultural Inputs? News Release – September 9th, 2013 ETC Group publishes its 111th Communiqué today. The 40-page report – “Putting the more » -
US Farmers Continue David Vs. Goliath Battle Against Monsanto
Posted on September 8, 2013 | No CommentsGroup brings challenge to patents on Monsanto’s genetically engineered seed to Supreme Court - Andrea Germanos, staff writer Published on Friday, September 6, 2013 by Common Dreams A group of more » -
Colombia farmers’ uprising puts the spotlight on seeds
Posted on September 8, 2013 | 1 CommentGRAIN | 04 September 2013 | Against the grain On 19 August, Colombian farmers’ organisations initiated a massive nationwide strike. They blocked roads, dumped milk on cars and basically stopped more » -
GM crops are no solution to malnutrition!
Posted on September 1, 2013 | 1 CommentGroups in Asia support Filipino farmers’ uprooting of Golden Rice August 29, 2013 On August 8, 2013 more than 400 farmers, church people, students, academics and consumers uprooted a field more » -
The battle for Pakistan’s agriculture
Posted on August 28, 2013 | No CommentsAugust 28, 2013 Najma Sadeque The first battle never really took off even after 66 years – restoring unduly appropriated land to the tiller – and a second more destructive more » -
African Food Sovereignty under attack by corporate interests
Posted on August 19, 2013 | No CommentsAlliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa 16 August 2013 Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a coalition of pan-African networks, with members in 50 African countries more » -
Hungry for change
Posted on August 19, 2013 | No CommentsIf international trade and aid won’t fix hunger and bad nutrition, what will? Jo Chandler, June 19, 2013 Professor Olivier De Schutter. Photo: Mal more » -
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Threat to Democracy and Food Sovereignty
Posted on August 8, 2013 | No CommentsFood First – Institute for Food & Development Policy https://www.foodfirst.org/en/Trans-Pacific+Partnership July 31st, 2013 The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), perhaps the world’s most ambitious free trade agreement, is currently under negotiation. What more »