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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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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 » -
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 » -
400,000 people petition parliament panel to withdraw BRAI Bill
Posted on August 24, 2013 | 1 CommentAuthor: Jyotika Sood Aug 24, 2013 http://www.downtoearth.org.in Deadline for public feedback on biotechnology Bill expires August 25 The petitions were handed over to chairperson more » -
Of seed sovereignty and a ‘genetically’ modified Bill
Posted on August 21, 2013 | No CommentsChethan Kumar, Bangalore, Aug 19, 2013, DHNS : Celebrating the 67th year of Independence, India is slowly losing her seed sovereignty, even as environmentalists and farmers’ organisations fight in vain. more » -
African Food Sovereignty under attack by corporate interests
Posted on August 19, 2013 | No CommentsAlliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa 16 August 2013 Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), a coalition of pan-African networks, with members in 50 African countries 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 »