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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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Spread of genetically engineered plants out of control in many countries
Posted on November 13, 2013 | No CommentsTest Biotech 12 November 2013 Contamination in biodiversity will burden following generations Today Testbiotech published the first global overview showing how genetically engineered plants such as more » -
European Scientists Ask for GMO Research
Posted on November 8, 2013 | No CommentsIn its first week online, more than 200 scientists, physicians and legal experts signed the European Network of Scientists for Social and Environmental Responsibility’s group statement “No scientific consensus on more » -
Yet another UN report calls for support to peasant farming and agroecology: it’s time for action
Posted on October 29, 2013 | No CommentsGRAIN | La Vía Campesina | ETC Group | 23 September 2013 | Other publications Media release 23 September 2013 La Via Campesina, GRAIN and ETC welcome a new UNCTAD more » -
Former Monsanto employee put in charge of GMO papers at journal
Posted on October 28, 2013 | No CommentsNew article exposes industry attempts to control scientific publishing Independent Science News and Earth Open Source, 20 May 2013 Just months after a study was published showing that two Monsanto products, more » -
GeneWatch UK PR: GeneWatch warns of conflicts-of-interest in parliament on GM crops
Posted on October 28, 2013 | No CommentsFriday 4th January 2013 GeneWatch UK warned today that All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture is being used by Monsanto and other GM companies to lobby 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 » -
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 » -
The battle for Pakistan’s agriculture
Posted on August 28, 2013 | No CommentsAugust 28, 2013 Najma Sadeque The first battle never really took off even after 66 years – restoring unduly appropriated land to the tiller – and a second more destructive 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 »