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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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India – people resist airport land grabs
Posted on November 23, 2013 | No CommentsRose Bridger 21st November 2013 One of many protests against a greenfield airport at Aranmula. Photo: Aranmula Paithruka Grama Karmasamithy. Rural communities all more » -
What Colombia’s Kogi people can teach us about the environment
Posted on November 23, 2013 | No CommentsThe Kogi people are warning society of destruction we face if we fail to embrace nature Jini Reddy 29 Octboer 2013 The Kogi Mama more » -
Could mob grazing boost soil health and return cattle to East Anglia?
Posted on November 22, 2013 | No Comments22 November 2013 Mob grazing is a school of ‘natural farming’ that seeks to mimic the movements of grazing plains animals on a farm more » -
The Year the Monarch Didn’t Appear
Posted on November 22, 2013 | No CommentsBy JIM ROBBINS November 22, 2013 Micah Lidberg ON the first of November, when Mexicans celebrate a holiday called the Day of the more » -
Calabar Declaration
Posted on November 19, 2013 | No CommentsNov 18, 2013 We, members of communities affected by industrial monoculture oil palm plantations, including peasant movements, as well as other civil society organizations from Africa, Europe, the Americas and more » -
Spread of genetically engineered plants out of control in many countries
Posted on November 13, 2013 | No CommentsTest Biotech 12 November 2013 Contamination in biodiversity will burden following generations Today Testbiotech published the first global overview showing how genetically engineered plants such as more » -
We are not backward. Our seeds and knowledge are crucial for our survival
Posted on November 13, 2013 | No CommentsVia Campesina <viacampesina@viacampesina.org> LVC Africa News, 13 Nov 2013 (Harare, November 13, 2013) Seed diversity, created by peasants over centuries, is in danger of disappearing and the diversity of seeds more » -
There is no Plan Bee for when we run out of pollinators
Posted on November 10, 2013 | No CommentsBy Dave Goulson November 8, 2013 We could not have tried harder to wipe out the invaluable pollinator, writes Dave Goulson @Reuters Biologists have been more » -
European Scientists Ask for GMO Research
Posted on November 8, 2013 | No CommentsIn its first week online, more than 200 scientists, physicians and legal experts signed the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility’s group statement “No scientific consensus on more » -
Yet another UN report calls for support to peasant farming and agroecology: it’s time for action
Posted on October 29, 2013 | No CommentsGRAIN | La Vía Campesina | ETC Group | 23 September 2013 | Other publications Media release 23 September 2013 La Via Campesina, GRAIN and ETC welcome a new UNCTAD more »