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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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GeneWatch UK PR: GeneWatch warns of conflicts-of-interest in parliament on GM crops
Posted on October 28, 2013 | No CommentsFriday 4th January 2013 GeneWatch UK warned today that All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture is being used by Monsanto and other GM companies to lobby more » -
Small Farms, Not Monsanto, Are Key to Global Food Security
Posted on October 24, 2013 | No CommentsUnion of Concerned Scientists – The Equation, a blog on independent science + practical solutions Doug Gurian-Sherman October 17, 2013 Data from 15 Kenyan farmers over a period of 6 more » -
Monsanto failed SA GM Maize pushed into rest of Africa
Posted on October 24, 2013 | No CommentsToday the African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) released a new report ‘Africa bullied to grow defective Bt Maize: the failure more » -
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 » -
The GM food debate is not an issue of science versus anti-science but about whether science serves the public good or corporate interests.
Posted on September 23, 2013 | No CommentsBioethics, Scientific Research and the GMO Debate Chaumtoli Huq Law at the Margins, September 22 2013 http://www.lawatthemargins.com/bioethics-scientific-research-and-the-gmo-debate/ Professor Huq teaches Legal Practice at New York 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 »