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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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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 » -
Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Senegal
Posted on October 22, 2016 | No CommentsThe Oakland Institute Team oaklandinstitute.org 21st October 2016 Turning the Tide in Ethiopia Mass protests have spread across Ethiopia, and the world is finally paying attention. From the heroic actions more » -
244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation to justice
Posted on October 6, 2016 | No CommentsGreenpeace | 4 October 2016 http://farmlandgrab.org/26570 244 Cameroonian farmers bring SGSOC palm oil plantation to justice Local communities affected by a large-scale palm oil plantation took their case to the more » -
MPs sound alarm on neglected soils
Posted on June 2, 2016 | No CommentsBy Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst June 2nd 2016 Ministers are failing to protect Britain’s soils on farmland and in cities, MPs say. The Commons Environmental Audit Committee warns that 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 » -
New Evidence About the Dangers of Monsanto’s Roundup
Posted on May 18, 2016 | No CommentsSharon Lerner May 17 2016 John Sanders worked in the orange and grapefruit groves in Redlands, California, for more than 30 years. First as a ranch hand, then as a more » -
UN/WHO panel in conflict of interest row over glyphosate cancer risk
Posted on May 18, 2016 | No CommentsArthur Neslen Tuesday 17 May 2016 Chairman of UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues co-runs scientific institute which received donation from Monsanto, which uses glyphosate. Glyphosate is a core ingredient more » -
Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA
Posted on May 17, 2016 | No Commentsby Jonathan Latham, PhD May 16, 2016 https://www.independentsciencenews.org/health/unsafe-at-any-dose-diagnosing-chemical-safety-failures-from-ddt-to-bpa/ Piecemeal, and at long last, chemical manufacturers have begun removing the endocrine-disrupting plastic bisphenol-A (BPA) from products they sell. Sunoco no longer sells more »