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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 » -
“Syngenta methods of silencing GMO opposition are unbelievable”
Posted on May 15, 2014 | No CommentsGMWATCH DAILY NEWS 15.4.14 German dairy farmer Gottfried Glöckner says he suffered attempted blackmail, character assassination and even wrongful imprisonment when he refused to back off his charges that the 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 » -
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 » -
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 » -
Down on the Farm
Posted on February 18, 2014 | No CommentsOakland Institiute 18th February 2014 The first years of the twenty-first century will be remembered for a global land rush of nearly unprecedented scale. An estimated 500 million acres, an area eight more » -
EU ministers ask Commission to withdraw GMO proposal in open letter
Posted on February 14, 2014 | No CommentsEuractiv.com, 13 Feb 2014 http://www.euractiv.com/cap/eu-ministers-ask-commission-with-news-533486 Twelve EU ministers have sent an open letter to the health commissioner, Tonio Borg, pressuring the Commission to withdraw its proposal to approve the genetically 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 » -
Landgrabbing for Nigeria’s Rice Revolution, Peter Jopke
Posted on February 13, 2014 | No CommentsPremium Times Published: January 3,2014 The North-Eastern Nigerian State of Taraba is on the verge of handing over 30,000 hectares of land to Dominion Farms. The Memorandum of Understanding of more » -
Cameroon Activists on Trial for Peaceful Protest against Wall Street Land Grabber
Posted on February 13, 2014 | No CommentsTake Action! 1. Make a donation toward legal fees and support local community struggle against Herakles Farms 2. Email Herakles Farms and tell the company to stop its more »