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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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Pig antibiotic alarm
Posted on April 14, 2015 | No CommentsSaturday 11 April 2015 http://www.thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/pig-antibiotic-alarm.26777021 NEW RESEARCH from Denmark has shown conventional pigs were treated with 10 times more doses of antibiotics than organic pigs. The statistics released by the more » -
Ethiopian farmer takes UK to court over ‘brutal’ resettlement policy
Posted on April 14, 2015 | No CommentsLegal battle launched after man claims he was evicted from his farm and beaten under villagisation scheme funded by UK aid Annie Kelly A traditional homestead in Gambella, the remote 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 » -
Food waste reduction could help feed world’s starving
Posted on July 3, 2014 | No CommentsBy Caroline HepkerBBC World Business Report 3rd July 2014 Continue reading the main story Related Stories Europe’s leftover food online trend ‘End Bogof deals’ to cut food waste “If food more » -
Picking up the Pieces from a Failed Land Grab Project in Tanzania
Posted on July 1, 2014 | No CommentsAs negotiations over responsible agricultural investment policy run through the summer, Tanzanian villagers fight for the return of 20,000 acres of land lost to a failed biofuel project. Timothy A. more » -
USA finally considering action over neonicotinoids, spurred on by doubts as to whether they actually work
Posted on June 3, 2014 | No CommentsA blog by Prof Dave Goulson, University of Sussex. 2nd June 2014 Two US Congressmen have launched a bill to suspend uses of neonicotinoid insecticides in the US, following the more » -
Deceitful compromise clears the way for GMO crops in Europe
Posted on May 31, 2014 | No CommentsAn unholy alliance of pro- and anti-GMO countries have struck a deal that will sweep away the obstacles to genetically engineered crops in the EU, writes Lawrence Woodward. 31st May more » -
Honeybees abandoning hives and dying due to insecticide use, research finds
Posted on May 12, 2014 | No CommentsHarvard study shows neonicotionoids are devastating colonies by triggering colony collapse disorder Damian Carrington, theguardian.com, 9 May 2014 Scientists found bees from six of 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 » -
French government moves to reintroduce ban on GM crops
Posted on February 22, 2014 | No CommentsThursday 20 February 2014 The French government has announced that it intends to maintain a moratorium on cultivation of genetically modified crops on French territory, despite the opposition of legislators more »