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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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Monsanto v. Bowman: The Master’s Law
Posted on April 3, 2013 | No CommentsEric Holt Giminez, Executive Director, Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/monsanto-v-bowman-the-mas_b_2721776.html?view=print&comm_ref=false The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for Vernon Hugh Bowman v. Monsanto Co. The 75-year-old Indiana soybean more » -
The view from a mountain; an organic food grower’s story
Posted on April 3, 2013 | 2 CommentsBy Colette Haynes of Ashurst Organics, posted by Roberta Emmott in Brighton and Hove Food Partnership, 20 March 2013 Inspired by the joy of growing, Colette Haynes started Ashurst Organics more » -
Red Alert! US State Department adviser hints at EU “food crisis” to boost GM
Posted on March 7, 2013 | No CommentsFood crisis needed for Europe to accept GM: US government adviser By Mike Stones 1st March 2013 It will take a food security crisis to make European consumers recognise the more » -
GMO Trial Verdict: Criminalisation of Struggle for a Sustainable Agricultural System
Posted on February 19, 2013 | No Comments(Dendermonde, 12th February 2013). Today the court of Dendermonde convicted 11 activists of gang formation. In doing so, the judge has criminalised their participation in the non violent direct action more » -
India’s rice revolution
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsJohn Vidal in Bihar, India - The Observer, Saturday 16 February 2013 In a village in India’s poorest state, Bihar, farmers are growing world record amounts of rice – with more » -
US farmers may stop planting GMOs after poor yields
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsSome US farmers are considering returning to conventional seed after increased pest resistance and crop failures meant GM crops saw smaller yields globally than their non-GM counterparts. Robyn Vinter, 6 February more » -
Honduras: The War on Peasants
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsEric Holt Gimenez. Huffington Post. February 12, 2013 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-holt-gimenez/honduras-the-war-on-peasa_b_2632033.html Two more peasants were assassinated by paramilitary units last week in Honduras. This brings the murder of subsistence farmers and indigenous more » -
Sit-in and Hunger-Strike in Mexico City Against GMO Corn Plantations
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsBy Timothy Shipp Monday February 04, 2013 The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in Mexico has collected 28,000 traditional varieties of Maize. Photo: CIMMYT On Wednesday, January 23rd, regional more » -
As Challenge over Seed Rights Approaches Supreme Court, New Report Exposes Devastating Impact of Monsanto Practices on U.S. Farmers
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsCenter for Food Safety and Save Our Seeds Investigate Role of Seed Patents in Consolidating Corporate Control of Global Food Supply February 12, 2013, Washington, D.C. – Today, one week more » -
Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab
Posted on December 3, 2012 | No CommentsFood Crisis and the Global Land Grab