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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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‘For us, the land is sacred’: on the road with the defenders of the world’s forests
Posted on November 16, 2017 | No CommentsPublished: 04 Nov 2017 Short URL: https://farmlandgrab.org/27620 ‘For us, the land is sacred’: on the road with the defenders of the world’s forests by Jonathan Watts ‘Hope, courage and anger’: more » -
Grayling’s claims that UK can grow more food dismissed as ‘tripe’
Posted on October 18, 2017 | No CommentsFarmers’ leaders are incredulous about comments that UK can meet demand if Britain leaves EU with no deal ‘Our farmers are unable to find labour this year, never mind post more » -
Tainted Lands: Corruption in Large-Scale Land Deals
Posted on November 20, 2016 | No CommentsHow corruption is fuelling the global land grabbing crisis, which has seen millions of people displaced from their homes and farmland. Report / 15 Nov 2016 A surge in land more » -
The Crossing’s Fight for Regenerative Farming
Posted on November 20, 2016 | No CommentsEmma Goodwin Wednesday, 20th July 2016 Emma Goodwin describes how her family are fighting to keep their residency on a community based permaculture farm that builds deep, dark indestructible soil, more » -
MPs sound alarm on neglected soils
Posted on June 2, 2016 | No CommentsBy Roger Harrabin BBC environment analyst June 2nd 2016 Ministers are failing to protect Britain’s soils on farmland and in cities, MPs say. The Commons Environmental Audit Committee warns that more » -
UN/WHO panel in conflict of interest row over glyphosate cancer risk
Posted on May 18, 2016 | No CommentsArthur Neslen Tuesday 17 May 2016 Chairman of UN’s joint meeting on pesticide residues co-runs scientific institute which received donation from Monsanto, which uses glyphosate. Glyphosate is a core ingredient more » -
European Parliament votes to ban most uses of glyphosate
Posted on April 15, 2016 | No CommentsOliver Tickell 13th April 2016 The EU Parliament has responded to the health concerns of millions by calling on the Commission to severely restrict permitted uses of the toxic more » -
Biofuel or Biofraud? The Vast Taxpayer Cost of Failed Cellulosic and Algal Biofuels
Posted on March 14, 2016 | No CommentsBy Almuth Ernsting Published today (Mon 14th March) by Independent Science News Biofuels consumed today are usually ethanol made from the sugar in sugar cane (or sugar beet) or they more » -
The end of third-party advocacy for GMOs?
Posted on October 17, 2015 | No CommentsAs freedom of information requests reveal ostensibly independent GMO proponents to be working hand-in-hand with the GMO industry, Claire Robinson asks if the misinformation game is finally over GM Watch, more » -
AFAP in Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania
Posted on August 31, 2015 | No CommentsFrom African Centre for Biodiversity, 31.8.15 The chemical fertiliser push in Africa and its implications for smallholder farmers is not receiving enough attention in current discourses concerning Green Revolution policies more »