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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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Weaponized Agriculture — Tom Mysiewicz
Posted on May 27, 2014 | No CommentsTom Mysiewicz is a biotechnologist. In this article he shares with us his conclusions about the dangers of GMO crops. GMO CROPS… BOON TO HUMANITY OR RECKLESS SCIENCE? By Tom 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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
Slideshow: Who’s behind the land grabs?
Posted on February 14, 2014 | No CommentsGRAIN | 16 October 2012 | Presentations, Other publications A slide show about some of the people pursuing or supporting large farmland grabs around the world Every day there are 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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
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 »