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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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Below the belt, below the breadline – South Africa’s inequitable and GM contaminated bread industry
Posted on May 21, 2014 | No CommentsPress Release from the African Centre for Biosafety 21st May 2014 The African Centre for Biosafety (ACB) has today brought into sharp focus the white bread industry in South Africa more » -
“Syngenta methods of silencing GMO opposition are unbelievable”
Posted on May 15, 2014 | No CommentsGMWATCH DAILY NEWS 15.4.14 German dairy farmer Gottfried Glöckner says he suffered attempted blackmail, character assassination and even wrongful imprisonment when he refused to back off his charges that the more » -
Tell EPA to Reject the Use of Toxic 2,4-D Herbicide for Dow Chemical’s “Agent Orange” GE Crops
Posted on May 12, 2014 | No CommentsCentre for Food Safety EPA is deciding whether to allow the use of the herbicide 2,4-D for Dow Chemical’s genetically engineered “Agent Orange” corn and soybeans. Tell EPA to deny more » -
Honeybees abandoning hives and dying due to insecticide use, research finds
Posted on May 12, 2014 | No CommentsHarvard study shows neonicotionoids are devastating colonies by triggering colony collapse disorder Damian Carrington, theguardian.com, 9 May 2014 Scientists found bees from six of more » -
BT brinjal farming ruins Gazipur farmers
Posted on May 7, 2014 | No CommentsMH Maswood New Age, the outspoken daily May 7, 2014 Farmer Munsur Sarker shows shoot borer in a Bt brinjal plant at his field more » -
Co-op’s £140m farms sale aimed at Chinese buyers
Posted on May 4, 2014 | No CommentsTroubled group angers green campaigners by insisting on single purchaser Tracy McVeigh The Observer, Saturday 3 May 2014 The beleaguered Co-operative Group has insisted that it wants a single more » -
TWN BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOSAFETY SERIES
Posted on May 2, 2014 | No Commentshttp://www.twn.my/publications_bio.htm Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Food Security and for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Potential and Risks (No. 17) by Jack A Heinemann Buzz or Bust for Genetically more » -
Mysterious kidney disease slays farmworkers in Central America
Posted on May 1, 2014 | No CommentsIn Central America, a form of kidney disease is attacking men in the prime of their lives – and Roundup may be the culprit. Note: While the article below says more » -
Roundup under the spotlight in Denmark
Posted on April 5, 2014 | No CommentsDanish scientists have concluded that there is a need to investigate the possible effects of glyphosate herbicides on the health of livestock. 1. Danish scientists recommend further research into effects more » -
AFSA condemns sleight of hand moves by ARIPO to join UPOV 1991, bypass national laws
Posted on April 5, 2014 | No CommentsTWN IP /Agricultural Info 04 April 2014 PRESS RELEASE FROM ALLIANCE FOR FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN AFRICA AFSA STRONGLY CONDEMNS SLEIGHT OF HAND MOVES BY ARIPO TO JOIN UPOV 1991, BYPASS more »