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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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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 » -
Millionaire investors buying up farm lands
Posted on September 17, 2015 | No CommentsMillionaire investors buying up farm lands By Daniel Essieton The National | 11 September 2015 Short URL: http://farmlandgrab.org/25299 Politicians and business executives on a visit to the Shonga dairy farm more » -
World Bank and UN carbon offset scheme ‘complicit’ in genocidal land grabs – NGOs
Posted on July 6, 2014 | No CommentsNafeez Ahmed 3 July 2014 theguardian.com Plight of Kenya’s indigenous Sengwer shows carbon offsets are empowering corporate recolonisation of the South UN’s REDD scheme promises carbon offsetting will empower local more » -
Down on the Farm
Posted on June 3, 2014 | No CommentsThe first years of the twenty-first century will be remembered for a global land rush of nearly unprecedented scale. An estimated 500 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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
In Paraguay, the Spread of Soy Strikes Fear in Hearts of Rural Farmers
Posted on August 10, 2013 | No CommentsBy Jonathan Gilbert / Santa Catalina, Paraguay Aug. 09, 2013 Soya Plantation in Paraguay – photographer: Patty P via Wikipaedia Commons Emilio Arce more » -
Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab
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Biofuels – Failure for Africa
Posted on December 3, 2011 | No CommentsAn interesting article regarding the effects of Biofuels in Africa. Read the article.